Investigating the thermal effect of channel heatsink using MWCNTs nanofluids

¹ Teaching Fellow, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, University College of Engineering, Pattukkottai, Tamilnadu, India 6147014
² Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College of Engineering, Dindigul, Tamilnadu, India 624622
³ Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India 600119

^* Corresponding author: cmarunkumar@gmail.com

Abstract

The utilisation of Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) nanofluids is considered to be a highly efficient approach in the field of thermal engineering, specifically for the purpose of cooling electronic processors. The usage of a microchannel along with an electronic chip for liquid cooling of electronics presents a compelling substitute to the conventional bulky aluminium heat sinks. A minichannel heat sink employing MWCNTs nanofluid as a coolant is further enhanced in thermal and hydraulic performance. In order to analyze the performance of the minichannel heat sinks, a conjugate heat transfer model has been solved using the commercial software ANSYS-CFD. Theoretically, it showed that the presence of MWCNTs reduced thermal resistance and increased the thermal conductivity of liquid cooling system. The results reveal a maximum enhancement of in average heat transfer coefficient ( h ) for minichannel heat sink using MWCNTs as a coolant at volume 40%, 46%, and 52% concentrations of 0.25%, 0.5% and 0.75%. The performance evaluation shows that the overall performance of the minichannel heat sink using MWCNTs cooled minichannel heat sink at 0.75% volume concentration is roughly enhanced more as compared to water.