Heat Dissipation Enhancement Using Graphene Heat Sink

Heat dissipation is one of the challenges that need to be tackled to enhance the performance of the electronic components. In current study, the numerical investigation on the use of graphene in designing a plate fin heat sink and evaluation of thermal performance by comparing with the convention...

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Main Author: Wong, Jer Jian
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2021
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description Heat dissipation is one of the challenges that need to be tackled to enhance the performance of the electronic components. In current study, the numerical investigation on the use of graphene in designing a plate fin heat sink and evaluation of thermal performance by comparing with the conventional material (copper and aluminium alloy) are performed. In particular, the effects of fin height, heat flux and flow rate of the working fluid on the thermal performance of the heat sink are studied and documented in the thesis. The thermal performance is evaluated in terms of the thermal resistance, average Nusselt number, pumping power required and fin efficiency of the heat sink. This study has shown that the graphene heat sink which has a higher thermal conductivity yields the lowest thermal resistance and gives the highest average Nusselt number among other materials. The pumping power required for the flow of working fluid is independent to the material used. With its high intrinsic thermal conductivity, graphene heat sink reduced the drop in terms of fin efficiency when fin height is increased, the percentage of the fin efficiency drop with the height is not more than 2% in the study.
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spelling usm-560482022-12-20T01:31:01Z http://eprints.usm.my/56048/ Heat Dissipation Enhancement Using Graphene Heat Sink Wong, Jer Jian T Technology TJ1-1570 Mechanical engineering and machinery Heat dissipation is one of the challenges that need to be tackled to enhance the performance of the electronic components. In current study, the numerical investigation on the use of graphene in designing a plate fin heat sink and evaluation of thermal performance by comparing with the conventional material (copper and aluminium alloy) are performed. In particular, the effects of fin height, heat flux and flow rate of the working fluid on the thermal performance of the heat sink are studied and documented in the thesis. The thermal performance is evaluated in terms of the thermal resistance, average Nusselt number, pumping power required and fin efficiency of the heat sink. This study has shown that the graphene heat sink which has a higher thermal conductivity yields the lowest thermal resistance and gives the highest average Nusselt number among other materials. The pumping power required for the flow of working fluid is independent to the material used. With its high intrinsic thermal conductivity, graphene heat sink reduced the drop in terms of fin efficiency when fin height is increased, the percentage of the fin efficiency drop with the height is not more than 2% in the study. Universiti Sains Malaysia 2021-07-01 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/56048/1/Heat%20Dissipation%20Enhancement%20Using%20Graphene%20Heat%20Sink.pdf Wong, Jer Jian (2021) Heat Dissipation Enhancement Using Graphene Heat Sink. Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Mekanik. (Submitted)
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TJ1-1570 Mechanical engineering and machinery
Wong, Jer Jian
Heat Dissipation Enhancement Using Graphene Heat Sink
title Heat Dissipation Enhancement Using Graphene Heat Sink
title_full Heat Dissipation Enhancement Using Graphene Heat Sink
title_fullStr Heat Dissipation Enhancement Using Graphene Heat Sink
title_full_unstemmed Heat Dissipation Enhancement Using Graphene Heat Sink
title_short Heat Dissipation Enhancement Using Graphene Heat Sink
title_sort heat dissipation enhancement using graphene heat sink
topic T Technology
TJ1-1570 Mechanical engineering and machinery
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