Heat sink design project

Abstract

A single phase, microchannel heat sink and an experiment to test the heat sink is designed. The heat sink is designed to cool a 30mm x 10 mm plate that is subjected to a constant heat flux of 500 W/cm^2, a maximum surface temperature of 80 C, and a maximum pressure drop of 300 kPa. The final design uses 47 micrometer x 292 micrometer silicone channels. Finally, the design uses water at a mass flow rate of 41.65710^-3 kg/s and a temperature rise of 8.6*C.