In this paper, we show how a heat-generating domain can be cooled with embedded cooling channels and high-conductivity inserts. The volume of cooling channels and high-conductivity inserts is fixed, so is the volume of the heat-generating domain. The maximum temperature in the domain decreases with high-conductivity inserts even though the coolant volume decreases. The locations and the shapes of high-conductivity inserts corresponding to the smallest peak temperatures for different number of inserts are documented, x = 0.6L and D/B = 0.11 with two rectangular inserts. We also document how the length scales of the inserts should be changed as the volume fraction of the coolant volume over the high-conductivity material volume varies. The high-conductivity inserts should be placed nonequidistantly in order to provide the smallest peak temperature in the heat-generating domain. In addition, increasing the number of the inserts after a limit increases the peak temperature, i.e., this limit is eight number of inserts for the given conditions and assumptions. This paper shows that the overall thermal conductance of a heat-generating domain can be increased by embedding high-conductivity material in the solid domain (inverted fins) when the domain is cooled with forced convection, and the summation of high-conductivity material volume and coolant volume is fixed.
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Constructal Vascular Structures With High-Conductivity Inserts for Self-Cooling
Erdal Cetkin
Erdal Cetkin
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Izmir Institute of Technology,
Urla, Izmir 35430, Turkey
e-mail: erdalcetkin@iyte.edu.tr
Izmir Institute of Technology,
Urla, Izmir 35430, Turkey
e-mail: erdalcetkin@iyte.edu.tr
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Erdal Cetkin
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Izmir Institute of Technology,
Urla, Izmir 35430, Turkey
e-mail: erdalcetkin@iyte.edu.tr
Izmir Institute of Technology,
Urla, Izmir 35430, Turkey
e-mail: erdalcetkin@iyte.edu.tr
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Contributed by the Heat Transfer Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER. Manuscript received November 21, 2014; final manuscript received June 15, 2015; published online July 14, 2015. Assoc. Editor: Oronzio Manca.
J. Heat Transfer. Nov 2015, 137(11): 111901 (6 pages)
Published Online: July 14, 2015
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November 21, 2014
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June 15, 2015
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Cetkin, E. (July 14, 2015). "Constructal Vascular Structures With High-Conductivity Inserts for Self-Cooling." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. November 2015; 137(11): 111901. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4030906
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