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Effect of Arc Shaped Bar on Heat Transfer and Fluid Characteristics at Cooling of Electronic Equipment

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The high heat flux from electronic devices such as projectors, LEDs, or high power chips requires effective cooling methods at heat dissipation in a limited space. In the present study, the heat and fluid flow characteristics of isothermally heated objects located in a duct were numerically analyzed in order to investigate cooling of electronic devices. The channel had three objects attached to its bottom wall. The numerical computations were performed by solving two-dimensional steady laminar governing equations using the Fluent 17.0 program. Air moving with uniform velocity was taken as the cooling working fluid in the duct. A triangular arc shaped cross-section part was used as a control element. The top and bottom walls of the duct and the part were adiabatic. The part was located at three different points in the y-direction, and these parameters were tested at three different Reynolds numbers (\(150\le \mathrm{Re} \le 600\)). The results were also compared with a non-triangular arc shaped case. The results show that insertion of a triangular arc shaped cross-section part increased the heat transfer for all the Reynolds numbers and the best heat transfer was observed for the part position with y = 1.75 H.

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  1. Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Technology Faculty, Automotive Engineering Department, 58140, Sivas, Turkey

    D. E. Alnak

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    K. Karabulut

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Alnak, D.E., Karabulut, K. Effect of Arc Shaped Bar on Heat Transfer and Fluid Characteristics at Cooling of Electronic Equipment. J. Engin. Thermophys. 29, 657–673 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1810232820040128

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