Phase Change Material-Based Heat Sinks: A Multi-Objective Perspective

by Srikanth Rangarajan, C. Balaji

Overview

Phase-change Material based heat sinks and associated optimization remains a topic of great interest, as evident from the increasing number of citations and new applications and miniaturization. Often the multi objective perspective of such heat sinks is ignored. This book introduces the readers to the PCM based heat sinks and Multi objective optimization. The authors have also included interesting in house experimental results on the "Rotating heat sinks" which is a first of a kind work. Useful to budding thermal researchers and practicing engineers in the field, this book is also a great start for students to understand the cooling applications in electronics and an asset to every library in a technical university. Since this book not only gives a critical review of the state of the art but also presents the authors' own results. The book will encourage, motivate and let the reader consider pursuing a research career in electronic cooling technologies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000753011
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	11/20/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	221
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Srikanth Rangarajan is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the State University of New York, Binghamton, NY. He has 7 papers published in international journals. He has also presented 6 papers in international conferences and has 1 patent filed from his doctoral research work.

C. Balaji is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, India. He is the Editor – in – Chief of International Journal of Thermal Sciences.

Table of Contents

Preface. List of Figures. List of Tables. Symbols. Notations. Introduction. Review of literature. Characterization of PCM And TCEs. Experimental Setup and Instrumentation. Experimental Investigations on 72 Pin Fin Heat Sink with Discrete Heating. Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms For 72 Pin Fin Heat Sinks. Multi-Objective Geometric Optimization of a PCM Based Matrix Type Composite Heat Sink. Experimental Investigation on Melting And Solidification of Phase Change Material Based Cylindrical Heat Sinks. Thermosyphon Assisted Melting of PCM Inside A Rectangular Enclosure :A Synergistic Numerical Approach. Conclusions and Scope for Future Work. Bibliography.

Editorial Reviews

An interesting book for researchers involved with designing heat sinks for electronics, especially high-power electronics (e.g. Si, SiC or GaN) power semiconductors since many of the applications that use these devices are limited by the device temperature during transient overcurrent. PCM may be able to extend the current range of many of these devices and lead to even higher current ratings, especially for wideband gap materials since they have a higher operating temperature rating than Si-based devices.

- IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, January / February — Vol. 37, No. 1

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