Numerical Verification of the

microchannel heat sinks with

different Pin-Fin

IPHEL
Date : 30th May 2019
 Geometry Used

Component Material Edge length (mm) Height (mm)

Chip Si 6 0.2
Top base plate AlN 10 0.5
Bottom base plate Cu 10 0.5
Fig 1: Isometric view of heat sink for validation Fig 2: Top View of heat sink for validation Table 1 : Details of Heat sink

Pin Fin Edge length (mm) Top area (mm2) Total wetted area (mm2)
Circle 0.141 0.0625 96.5663

Table 2 : The geometric parameter of pin fin

Fig 3: Isometric view of heat sink Fig 4: Top View of heat sink
 Mesh Details
Mesh 1 Mesh 2
Mesh Method Polyhedra Polyhedra
Max size of element (mm) 0.08 0.06
Mesh 1 Mesh 2 Number of elements 5776382 6925046
Mesh Method Hex Tet/Hybrid No of elements after transformation 1429654 1746608
Size 0.08 0.08 Average element Quality 0.82749 0.8262
Maximum Temperature (K) 326.347 326.416 Average skewness 0.24588 0.24775
Table 1: Mesh used in paper Maximum Temperature (K) 325.5795 325.21771
Average Temperatue (K) 319.66981 319.25858
Pressure Drop (Pa) 8742.5088 8384.3643
Table 2: Mesh used in simulation

It was found that the results of Maximum Temperature of Mesh 2 differ from the Mesh 1 by less than 0.11%. Therefore excessive
refinement of the grids has no improvement of the computation results, and the grid system with element scale 0.08mm was chosen.
 Comparison of Chip Temperature

Fig: Chip temperature in paper Fig: Chip temperature with Mesh 1 Fig: Chip temperature in Mesh 2
 Comparison of Temperature of Pin-Fin

Fig : Temperature of Pin Fin in paper Fig : Temperature of Pin Fin with Mesh 1 Fig : Temperature of Pin Fin with Mesh 2
 Comparison of Pressure of Water

Fig : Pressure distribution of water in paper Fig : Pressure distribution of water with Mesh 1 Fig : Pressure distribution of water with Mesh 2
 Comparison of Velocity of Water

Fig : Velocity distribution of water in paper Fig : Velocity distribution of water with Mesh 1 Fig : Velocity distribution of water with Mesh 2