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Minimizing thermal interference effects of multiple heat sources for effective cooling of power conversion electronics
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In this paper, the thermal performance of a plate fin heat sink was investigated as a function of the location of multiple heat sources to minimize the thermal interference effect, and the optimal location was determined by investigating the effects of the Reynolds number, thermal conductivity of the heat sink, heat transfer rate ratio, and width of the sink.About:
This article is published in Energy Conversion and Management.The article was published on 2018-10-15. It has received 12 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Heat sink & Thermal resistance.read more
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Novel solar membrane distillation enabled by a PDMS/CNT/PVDF membrane with localized heating
TL;DR: In this paper, a solar membrane distillation (SMD) process is described for seawater desalination using solar energy, inspired by solar-driven interfacial evaporation, using a hydrophobic trilayer membrane and a two-level SMD structure.
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An Ag@TiO2/ethylene glycol/water solution as a nanofluid-based beam splitter for photovoltaic/thermal applications in cold regions
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of nanofluid concentration on beam splitter temperature changes, photovoltaic conversion performance, and power conversion efficiency under 1'kW'm−2 of solar illumination was investigated.
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Magnetic regulating the phase change process of Fe3O4-paraffin wax nanocomposites in a square cavity
TL;DR: In this article, a two-dimensional enthalpy-based lattice Boltzmann model with considering the external magnetic force was proposed and the measured thermal properties were used in the simulation.
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On the thermal management of a power electronics system: Optimization of the cooling system using genetic algorithm and response surface method
TL;DR: In this paper, a new type of cooling system consisted of jet impinging and combined with the pin fins and vortex generators to reduce the operating temperature of a power electronics module exposed to high heat flux.
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Enhanced thermal performance of phase change material-integrated fin-type heat sinks for high power electronics cooling
TL;DR: In this article , phase change material (PCM)-integrated fin-type heat sink is fabricated by embedding the phase change composite to the base plate of the heat sink.
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Partially heated heat sinks in a zero-bypass
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the influence of the heating position on the thermal performance of a plate-fin heat sink in a zero-bypass characterized by the thermal resistance data obtained from experiments.