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Effect of Package Spacing on Convective Heat Transfer from Thermal Sources Mounted on a Horizontal Surface

Applied Thermal Engineering • 2018
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Authors R K Ali; H A Refaey; M R Salem
Keywords Electronic module; Convective; Numerical and experimental
Journal Applied Thermal Engineering
Publisher Elsevier Masson SAS
Volume 132
Issue Not Available
Pages 676-685
publication.type International
Paper Link Open Link
Supplementary Materials Mohamed Reda Aly Abd-Elhamid Salem_Effect of Package Spacing on Convective Heat Transfer from Thermal Sources Mounted on a Horizontal Surface.pdf
Abstract
This work introduces a three-dimensional analysis of an inline module composed of two thermal sources using ANSYS-FLUENT Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) package. The effect of package spacing ratio (1≤S≤3) on the heat transfer coefficient of the upstream (UTS) and downstream (DTS) thermal sources within Reynolds number range of 2464≤〖Re〗_L≤16430 are considered. The predictions are compared with the experiments performed on air wind tunnel with two thermal sources mounted on its horizontal surface within Reynolds number range of 4848 ≤〖Re〗_L≤13635. The numerical results are compared and validated with the experimental results and a good agreement is obtained. Compared to a single thermal source (STS), it is observed that the reduction in the average Nusselt number of the UTS and DTS is 26.3% and 35.6%, respectively, at S = 1. This reduction decreases to 4.9% and 12.6%, respectively, at S = 3. Finally, the present study aims to extend the printed circuit boards designers with average Nusselt number correlations for the UTS and DTS as a function of Reynolds number and package spacing within 2464≤〖Re〗_L≤16430 and 1≤S≤3.