Journal of University of Science and Technology of China ›› 2020, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (5): 551-558.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2778.2020.05.001

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Analysis of heat transfer characteristics of an air jet cooling a conical heat sink

LI Hai, TANG Zhiguo, GAO Qing, ZHANG Feng, SONG Anqi   

  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
  • Received:2018-12-04 Revised:2019-04-05 Accepted:2019-04-05 Online:2020-05-31 Published:2019-04-05

Abstract: The heat transfer characteristics of a single air jet to cool conical heat sinks with different conical angles were studied by numerical simulation. The Transition SST turbulence model was adopted to solve the Navier-Stokes equation. The difference of heat transfer between different locations was analyzed in combination with flow characteristics. The results show that introducing a conical protrusion greatly enhances the heat transfer near the stagnation point. The average heat transfer performances of cone heat sinks with small angles are better than that of flat heat sinks. And the smaller the angle, the better the heat transfer enhancement. At the bottom edge of the cone, the heat transfer has been weakened first and then enhanced, which is caused by flow separation and secondary jet respectively.

Key words: conical heat sink, jet cooling, secondary jet, heat transfer enhancement, numerical simulation

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