Applied Thermal Engineering, ( ISI ), Volume (76), No (2), Year (2015-2) , Pages (310-323)

Title : ( Hot-spot cooling using microliter liquid drops )

Authors: Seyyed Sina Alavi , Seyed Ali kazemi , Mohammad Passandideh-Fard ,

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Abstract

In this paper, a new concept is developed for cooling integrated circuits (IC) in the electronic and computer industries. Microliter liquid drops are employed in combination with the electrowetting phenomenon to form a thermal conductance regulating interface (TCRI) between the heat-sink and the cooling target. An experimental setup was arranged in which a mercury drop could be attached to/detached from the surface of a hot-spot and, hence, influence its temperature. In addition, an in-house numerical code was developed to further investigate various parameters of the cooling system. The NaviereStokes and energy equations were solved in a 2D/axisymmetric domain and the volume-of-fluid (VOF) technique was used to track the deformation of the free surface of the drops under the effect of the electrowetting phenomenon. Finally, as a sample case, a 4 x 4 array of mercury drops was considered to form a TCRI between a cooling target with non-uniform heat flux and a heat-sink. It was shown that the TCRI can be used to effectively suppress hot-spots on the surface of the cooling target. Various parameters of the cooling system were also examined.

Keywords

, Thermal conductance regulating interface, (TCRI), Hot-spot cooling, Liquid metal drops, Electrowetting phenomenon, Integrated circuits, VOF method
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@article{paperid:1045131,
author = {Alavi, Seyyed Sina and Kazemi, Seyed Ali and Passandideh-Fard, Mohammad},
title = {Hot-spot cooling using microliter liquid drops},
journal = {Applied Thermal Engineering},
year = {2015},
volume = {76},
number = {2},
month = {February},
issn = {1359-4311},
pages = {310--323},
numpages = {13},
keywords = {Thermal conductance regulating interface، (TCRI)، Hot-spot cooling، Liquid metal drops، Electrowetting phenomenon، Integrated circuits، VOF method},
}

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%0 Journal Article
%T Hot-spot cooling using microliter liquid drops
%A Alavi, Seyyed Sina
%A Kazemi, Seyed Ali
%A Passandideh-Fard, Mohammad
%J Applied Thermal Engineering
%@ 1359-4311
%D 2015

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