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Optimization Of Water And Nano Fluid

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Constructal optimization of water and nano fluid flow for micro channel heat sinks with rectangular cross-section

Abstract
In this paper, three-dimensional water and Al2O3-water nano fluid flow and heat transfer is optimized geometrically using constructal theory. A numerical code based on the finite volume method and SIMPLER algorithm is developed to solve the governing equations. The code is carefully validated by comparing numerical predictions with experimental data. In this study we consider aspect ratio, number of channels in the heat sink and solid fraction factor as degrees of freedom. Given a specific volume and axial length of the micro channel heat sinks and a fixed pressure drop, we want to find out the best possible number of channels in the system, and geometry of each channel that maximizes the global thermal conductance. Furthermore we investigate the effect of different pressure drops. The results show that the geometric parameters have a strong effect on the performance of micro channel heat sink. Comparison of the results of water and Al2O3-water nano fluid indicate that neither Re nor pressure drop along the channel are good parameters to compare the thermal performance of nano fluid and water.

Key words: micro channel heat sink, nano fluid, Constructal theory, finite volume method, Pressure boundary condition

Introduction
Continued miniaturization of electronic systems has accentuated the need for highly effective compact cooling technologies. Micro

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