Comparative performance investigation between double-layered wavy and zig-zag microchannel heatsink for effective cooling of concentrated photovoltaic cells

Dinumol Varghese; Fadi Alnaimat; Bobby Mathew

doi:10.1109/iTherm54085.2022.9899561

Comparative performance investigation between double-layered wavy and zig-zag microchannel heatsink for effective cooling of concentrated photovoltaic cells

Dinumol Varghese
, Fadi Alnaimat
, Bobby Mathew

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

This study reports the comparative investigation on the performance of double layered microchannel heatsinks for effective cooling of concentrated photovoltaic cells. The main aim is to find the best performance of fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics in a heatsink. Three different types of double -layered microchannel heatsinks (DL-MCHS); straight, wavy and zig-zag with counter current flow arrangement is studied. The mathematical models are solved using continuity, Navier-stokes and energy equations. Fluent module of ANSYS Workbench is utilized for solving the models. This study incorporates water being used as the coolant with laminar flow regime operating within the Reynolds number range of 50 to 1500. Two distinct characteristic parameters mainly thermal resistance and pumping power are identified and evaluated for determining the performance of the microchannel heatsinks. Wavy DL-MCHS proves to be dominant in terms of obtaining a better thermal and fluid flow performance when compared to zig-zag and straight DL-MCHS.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 21st InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2022
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665485036
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/iTherm54085.2022.9899561
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	21st InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2022 - San Diego, United States Duration: May 31 2022 → Jun 3 2022

Publication series

Name	InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM
Volume	2022-May
ISSN (Print)	1936-3958

Conference

Conference	21st InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2022
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego
Period	5/31/22 → 6/3/22

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

ANSYS
CPV cells
microchannel
wavy
zig-zag

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Varghese, D., Alnaimat, F., & Mathew, B. (2022). Comparative performance investigation between double-layered wavy and zig-zag microchannel heatsink for effective cooling of concentrated photovoltaic cells. In Proceedings of the 21st InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2022 (InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM; Vol. 2022-May). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/iTherm54085.2022.9899561

Comparative performance investigation between double-layered wavy and zig-zag microchannel heatsink for effective cooling of concentrated photovoltaic cells. / Varghese, Dinumol; Alnaimat, Fadi ; Mathew, Bobby.
Proceedings of the 21st InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2022. IEEE Computer Society, 2022. (InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM; Vol. 2022-May).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Varghese, D, Alnaimat, F & Mathew, B 2022, Comparative performance investigation between double-layered wavy and zig-zag microchannel heatsink for effective cooling of concentrated photovoltaic cells. in Proceedings of the 21st InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2022. InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM, vol. 2022-May, IEEE Computer Society, 21st InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2022, San Diego, United States, 5/31/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/iTherm54085.2022.9899561

Varghese D, Alnaimat F , Mathew B. Comparative performance investigation between double-layered wavy and zig-zag microchannel heatsink for effective cooling of concentrated photovoltaic cells. In Proceedings of the 21st InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2022. IEEE Computer Society. 2022. (InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM). doi: 10.1109/iTherm54085.2022.9899561

Varghese, Dinumol ; Alnaimat, Fadi ; Mathew, Bobby. / Comparative performance investigation between double-layered wavy and zig-zag microchannel heatsink for effective cooling of concentrated photovoltaic cells. Proceedings of the 21st InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2022. IEEE Computer Society, 2022. (InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM).

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Comparative performance investigation between double-layered wavy and zig-zag microchannel heatsink for effective cooling of concentrated photovoltaic cells

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