This paper presents the numerical predictions of heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics for natural convection in a vertical channel with two-dimensional protruding heat-flux module as applied to the cooling of electronic components. The investigation is for a configuration consisting of a single module mounted on a vertical adiabatic wall. An attempt was made to combine the temperature of the module for all the dimensions of the module into a single composite correlation, along with the numerical data.

Issue Section:
Technical Notes
Keywords:
natural convection, channel flow, packaging, pipe flow, temperature distribution, Channel Flow, Electronics, Heat Transfer, Natural Convection
Topics:
Composite materials, Flow (Dynamics), Heat flux, Heat transfer, Natural convection, Rayleigh number, Temperature, Fluids, Dimensions, Channel flow, Numerical analysis, Convection, Cooling
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