| Title |
Heat Transfer Characteristics depending on the Length of a Channelwith Pin-Fin Array |
| Authors |
손영석(Young-Seok Son) ; 신지영(Jee-Young Shin) ; 이상록(Sang-Rog Lee) |
| Keywords |
열전달 특성 ; 핀-휜 배열 ; 채널 길이 ; 다공성매질 Heat transfer characteristics ; Pin-fin array ; Length of a channel ; Porous medium |
| Abstract |
The power consumption and heat generation in a chip increase as the components are miniaturized and the computing speed becomes faster. Therefore, suitable heat dissipation has become one of the primary limiting factors to ensure the guaranteed performance and reliable operation of the electronic devices. A pin-fin array which may be considered as a porous medium could be used as an alterative cooling system of the electronic equipment. The aim of the present study is to investigate the forced-convective heat transfer characteristics of pin-fin heat exchangers. Convective heat transfer through the pin-fin array is analyzed experimentally based on porous medium approach. The influence of the structure of the pin- fin array including the pin-fin spacing, the pin diameter and plate length on heat transfer characteristic is investigated and compared with the previous analytical results and existing correlation equations. Nowadays, electronic and mechanical devices become smaller and smaller. In this sense, the main purpose of this study is to decide the optimum pin-fin arrangement to get similar heat transfer performance when the length of the existing cooling system is reduced as a half. |