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Experimental investigation of mini-channel heat sink with nano-enhanced phase change materials | ||
| Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Engineering Sciences | ||
| Volume 13, Issue 4, November 2020, Pages 253-261 PDF (1021.51 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.30772/qjes.v13i4.687 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Dhuha Rasheed Saber; Mushtaq Ismael Hasan | ||
| Departmnt of Mechanical engineering, University of Thi-Qar, Thi-Qar,Iraq. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| An experimental investigation is conducted to study the potential of enhancement cooling performance for mini channel heat sink by using different cooling mediums which are air, pure paraffin wax, and nano-enhanced phase change material (NEPCM). Paraffin wax used as phase change material (PCM) and mixed with three types of nanoparticles of alumina (Al2O3 ) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) to improve the thermal conductivity of PCM. Volume fraction values for each type of nanoparticles are (0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5)% which dispersed through PCM. A constant heat flux had been applied to the heat sink base with values (449, 963, 1839, and 4946)W/m2. The results showed enhancement in cooling performance when dispersion the nanoparticles through the PCM which mean reducing the temperature of heat sink base as compared with air and pure paraffin wax. The experimental results also indicated that the cooling performance enhancement of NEPCM and reduction the time of melting process continue with increasing the concentrations of nanoparticles for all material types but any surplus addition may cause negative effect due to sedimentation. Optimum cooling performance of mini heat sink is achieved with Al2O3 –PCM then TiO2-PCM as compared with air with percentage of temperature reduction of 23.306 and 22.069% respectively as compared to air. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Mini heat sink Phase Change Material (PCM) Nanoparticle Nano; enhanced Phase Change Material(NEPCM) Paraffin wax | ||
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