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Numerical and Experimental Investigation on Heat Transfer Performance of Ferrofluid-Based Cooling System

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Manufacturing Engineering

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The present study reports the experimental and numerical investigation of potential application of ferrofluid as a coolant for mini/microdevices. The kerosene-based ferrofluid was allowed to flow through a closed loop under the effect of a magnetic field generated by permanent magnet. Constant heat flux conditions varying from 0 to 10 W were applied and the temperature was measured using infrared thermography. The results of the simulation study were validated by performing experiments under the same test conditions, and a good agreement was found between the experimental observations and numerical results. Velocity and temperature profiles were plotted for the given heat load range, strengthening the candidature of ferrofluid as a potential coolant for mini/microdevices.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, UIET, PU, Chandigarh, India

    Jaswinder Singh Mehta, Rajesh Kumar & Harmesh Kumar

  2. CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh, India

    Harry Garg

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  1. School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, India

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  3. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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Mehta, J.S., Kumar, R., Kumar, H., Garg, H. (2020). Numerical and Experimental Investigation on Heat Transfer Performance of Ferrofluid-Based Cooling System. In: Sharma, V., Dixit, U., Sørby, K., Bhardwaj, A., Trehan, R. (eds) Manufacturing Engineering . Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4619-8_44

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