scholarly journals Effect of Evaporative Cooling Combined with Heat Sink on PV Module Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-264
Author(s):  
Ibtisam Ahmed Hasan ◽  
Iman Saleh kareem ◽  
Duha Adil Attar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Sink ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Evaporative Cooling ◽  
Operation Temperature ◽  
Pv Panel ◽  
Pv Module ◽  
Pin Fins ◽  
Extended Area ◽  
Module Performance

A pin fins array as a heat sink along with a moist wood wool pad to serve as novel cooling system to cool PV panel has been used. The present cooling system was based on the evaporative cooling concept and extended area of heat transfer. The results gave enhancements in output power and panel’s efficiency about 32.7% and 31.5% respectively.  This improvement in the module performance was attributed to the reduction in the operation temperature of the solar cell. The reduction in module temperature was about 26.05%.

scholarly journals Enhanced heat transfer characteristics of conjugated air jet impingement on a finned heat sink

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1 Part A) ◽  
pp. 279-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuxia Qiu ◽  
Peng Xu ◽  
Liping Geng ◽  
Arun Mujumdar ◽  
Zhouting Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Heat Sink ◽  
Heat Transfer Performance ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Jet Impingement ◽  
Transfer Performance ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Air Jet

Air jet impingement is one of the effective cooling techniques employed in micro-electronic industry. To enhance the heat transfer performance, a cooling system with air jet impingement on a finned heat sink is evaluated via the computational fluid dynamics method. A two-dimensional confined slot air impinging on a finned flat plate is modeled. The numerical model is validated by comparison of the computed Nusselt number distribution on the impingement target with published experimental results. The flow characteristics and heat transfer performance of jet impingement on both of smooth and finned heat sinks are compared. It is observed that jet impingement over finned target plate improves the cooling performance significantly. A dimensionless heat transfer enhancement factor is introduced to quantify the effect of jet flow Reynolds number on the finned surface. The effect of rectangular fin dimensions on impingement heat transfer rate is discussed in order to optimize the cooling system. Also, the computed flow and thermal fields of the air impingement system are examined to explore the physical mechanisms for heat transfer enhancement.

scholarly journals Numerical Assessment of Heat Transfer and Entropy Generation of a Porous Metal Heat Sink for Electronic Cooling Applications

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 3851
Author(s):  
Hamed Rasam ◽  
Prosun Roy ◽  
Laura Savoldi ◽  
Shabnam Ghahremanian
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Temperature Field ◽  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Heat Sink ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Porous Metal ◽  
Electronic Equipment ◽  
Bejan Number ◽  
Pore Density

In the present study, the thermal performance of an electronic equipment cooling system is investigated. The heat sink used in the current cooling system consists of a porous channel with a rectangular cross-section that is assumed to be connected directly to the hot surface of an electronic device. In this modeling, a fully developed flow assumption is used. The Darcy–Brinkman model was used to determine the fluid flow field. Since using the local thermal equilibrium (LTE) model may provide results affected by the error in metal foams, in the present research, an attempt has first been made to examine the validity range of this model. The local thermal non-equilibrium (LTNE) model taking into account the viscous dissipation effect was then used to determine the temperature field. To validate the numerical solution, the computed results were compared with other studies, and an acceptable agreement was observed. Analysis of the temperature field shows that if the fluid–solid-phase thermal conductivity ratio is 1 or the Biot number has a large value, the difference between the temperature of the solid phase and the fluid phase decreases. Moreover, the effect of important hydrodynamic parameters and the porous medium characteristics on the field of hydrodynamic, heat, and entropy generation was studied. Velocity field analysis shows that increasing the pore density and reducing the porosity cause an increase in the shear stress on the walls. By analyzing the entropy generation, it can be found that the irreversibility of heat transfer has a significant contribution to the total irreversibility, leading to a Bejan number close to 1. As a guideline for the design of a porous metal heat sink for electronic equipment, the use of porous media with low porosity reduces the total thermal resistance and improves heat transfer, reducing the total irreversibility and the Bejan number. Moreover, the increasing of pore density increases the specific porous surface; consequently, it reduces the total irreversibility and Bejan number and improves the heat transfer.

Experimental and Numerical Heat Transfer Investigation of an Impinging Jet Array on a Target Plate Roughened by Cubic Micro Pin Fins1

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Brakmann ◽  
Lingling Chen ◽  
Bernhard Weigand ◽  
Michael Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Loss ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Edge Length ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Target Area ◽  
Target Plate ◽  
Plate Spacing ◽  
Pin Fins ◽  
Micro Pin Fins

A generic impingement cooling system for turbomachinery application is modeled experimentally and numerically to investigate heat transfer and pressure loss characteristics. The experimental setup consists of an array of 9 × 9 jets impinging on a target plate with cubic micro pin fins. The cubic micro pin fins have an edge length of 0.22 D and enlarge the target area by 150%. Experimentally heat transfer is measured by the transient liquid crystal (TLC) method. The transient method used requires a heated jet impinging on a cold target plate. As reference temperature for the heat transfer coefficient, we use the total jet inlet temperature which is measured via thermocouples in the jet center. The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was realized within the software package ANSYS CFX. This model uses a Steady-state 3D Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) approach and the shear stress transport (SST) turbulence model. Boundary conditions are chosen to mimic the experiments as close as possible. The effects of different jet-to-plate spacing (H/D = 3–5), crossflow schemes, and jet Reynolds number (15,000–35,000) are investigated experimentally and numerically. The results include local Nusselt numbers as well as area and line averaged values. Numerical simulations allow a detailed insight into the fluid mechanics of the problem and complement experimental measurements. A good overall agreement of experimental and numerical behavior for all investigated cases could be reached. Depending on the crossflow scheme, the cubic micro pin fin setup increases the heat flux to about 134–142% compared to a flat target plate. At the same time, the Nusselt number slightly decreases. The micro pin fins increase the pressure loss by not more than 14%. The results show that the numerical model predicts the heat transfer characteristics of the cubic micro pin fins in a satisfactory way.

Performance Assessment of Single and Multiple Jet Impingement Configurations in a Refrigeration-Based Compact Heat Sink for Electronics Cooling

2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo A. de Oliveira ◽  
Jader R. Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Sink ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Electronics Cooling ◽  
Jet Impingement ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
R 134A ◽  
Steady State Heat Transfer ◽  
Vapor Compression Cooling

The performance of a novel impinging two-phase jet heat sink operating with single and multiple jets is presented and the influence of the following parameters is quantified: (i) thermal load applied on the heat sink and (ii) geometrical arrangement of the orifices (jets). The heat sink is part of a vapor compression cooling system equipped with an R-134a small-scale oil-free linear motor compressor. The evaporator and the expansion device are integrated into a single cooling unit. The expansion device can be a single orifice or an array of orifices responsible for the generation of two-phase jet(s) impinging on a surface where a concentrated heat load is applied. The analysis is based on the thermodynamic performance and steady-state heat transfer parameters associated with the impinging jet(s) for single and multiple orifice tests. The two-phase jet heat sink was capable of dissipating cooling loads of up to 160 W and 200 W from a 6.36 cm2 surface for single and multiple orifice configurations, respectively. For these cases, the temperature of the impingement surface was kept below 40 °C and the average heat transfer coefficient reached values between 14,000 and 16,000 W/(m2 K).

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