Modeling and simulation for the design of thermal-concentrated solar thermoelectric generator

WH Chen, CC Wang, CI Hung, CC Yang, RC Juang - Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
The performances of thermal-concentrated solar thermoelectric generators (TEGs) at three
different geometric types are investigated numerically to aid in designing practical devices …

A novel flat polymer heat pipe with thermal via for cooling electronic devices

KS Yang, TY Yang, CW Tu, CT Yeh, MT Lee - Energy Conversion and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The efficiency and heat transfer characteristics of a newly designed flat polymer heat pipe
that uses copper micro thermal via was investigated using a fabricated laboratory model to …

Performance improvement of heat sink with vapor chamber base and heat pipe

M Muneeshwaran, YJ Lee, CC Wang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The heat sink with vapor chamber heat spreader has been the emerging design as it offers
tremendous reduction in spreading resistance. However, this type of heat sinks suffer from …

Visualization study of co-existing boiling and condensation heat transfer in a confined flat thermosyphon

S Qin, Y Liu, C Yang, L Jin, C Yang, X Meng - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Flat thermosyphon (FTS) has gained wide attention in solving heat dissipation problems of
data centers. The miniaturization of densely packed electronics has led to a demand for …

Thermal performance of a novel flat thermosyphon for avionics thermal management

AAM Junior, MBH Mantelli - Energy Conversion and Management, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel flat thermosyphon was conceived to operate as a thermally active
chassis wall of avionics enclosures. The flat thermosyphon, specifically designed to operate …

Thermal spreading resistance characteristics of a high power light emitting diode module

KS Yang, CH Chung, CW Tu, CC Wong… - Applied Thermal …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this study, effects of the dimensions and the thermal conductivity of the substrate on the
heat transfer characteristics of a LED module are investigated. The total thermal resistance …

Thermal performance of plate-fin vapor chamber heat sinks

HY Li, MH Chiang, CI Lee, WJ Yang - International Communications in Heat …, 2010 - Elsevier
Since vapor chambers exhibit excellent thermal performance, they are suited to use as
bases of heat sinks. This work experimentally studies the thermal performance of plate-fin …

Evaporation regimes in an enclosed narrow space

C Zhang, S Wu, F Yao - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
A hybrid multiphase lattice Boltzmann method is utilized to investigate the vapor-liquid
thermos-hydrodynamic behaviors in a flat two-phase thermosiphon. The evaporation …

Numerical simulation of a heat sink embedded with a vapor chamber and calculation of effective thermal conductivity of a vapor chamber

YS Chen, KH Chien, TC Hung, CC Wang… - Applied Thermal …, 2009 - Elsevier
This study presents a numerical investigation of a whole set of thermal module, including a
plate-fin heat sink embedded with a vapor chamber, subject to the influence of concentrated …

Topology optimization for near-junction thermal spreading of electronics in ballistic-diffusive regime

ZL Tang, Y Shen, HL Li, BY Cao - IScience, 2023 - cell.com
Hotspots in electronic devices can cause overheating and reduce performance. Enhancing
the thermal spreading ability is critical for reducing device temperature to improve the …