Theory development a simplified method for thermoelectric heat pump optimization. A heat sink is a thermal conductive metal device designed to absorb and disperse heat away from a high temperature object such as a computer processor. Jul 12, 2019 in this example topology optimization of the thermal conductivity was used to create a lightweight and highperformance heat sink. The fin spacing of a heat sink, if not optimized for your application, can actually reduce the thermal efficiency of your heat sink. This form of design optimization utilizes objective functions to optimize a specific desired parameter that affects heat sink performance thermal resistance, pressure drop, weight. Multiobjective optimization of flat plate heat sink using.
Sizing heat sinks using a few simple equations heat sink size calculations can be daunting tasks for any one who does not have much experience in thermal analysis. Finned heat sinks and heat exchangers are largely employed in many engineering fields, and this demand spurs researchers into devising and testing new geometries for the heat sinks. Topology optimization of thermal heat sinks comsol. Description of the problem the microchannel heat sink under consideration is shown in figure 1. Pdf heat sinks are a kind of heat exchangers used for cooling the electronic devices due to the.
Heat sink design, calculators, thermal analysis software smps. How heat sink fin spacing plays a key role in natural. The heat sink is used to cool a surface with a constant heat production and the pressure drop in the fluid is constrained. Pdf thermal topology optimization in optistruct software. The main body of this heat sink prototype is a block of 40. Heat sinks are made out of metal, such as a copper or. Heat sink thermal analysis using solidworks simulation.
The study shows that topology optimisation is a viable approach for designing heat sink geometries cooled by natural convection and. In the case study below, dfr worked to optimize an extruded aluminum heat. Applying the conservation of energy, for steadystate conditions, and newtons law of cooling in the present project design optimization of a heat to the. The overall thermal resistance is defined as r o max s t qa 9 in which t max t w,o t f,i. There are commercially available heat sink design software that would allow you to design and analyze a heat sink to meet the thermal requirements of the devices to be cooled.
Electronic devices are increasingly miniaturized and the operating power of cpu increases. Technical information heat sink for natural convection. The lsm optimised heat sink has 26% higher surface area than standard heat sink, hence this should have better performance than standard heat sink. In this report, both parts are considered separately. Increase your thermal performance by up to 30%, reduce your thermal resistance, better your heat transfer, lower your pressure drop, and much more. Comparing optimization methods for a heat sink design for. The heat sink optimization study allowed for a determination of the heat sink geometry, which would produce a minimum thermal resistance, while producing the highest heat dissipation. The process must therefore by necessity span over a large collection of parameter sets from which the best alternatives can be picked out.
Numerical 3d optimization of heat exchangers is a new and emerging field and the amoptimizationcoupled tools provided by ansys have only recently been introduced commercially. By utilizing heat sink spring clips, customers reduce interface resistance between the heat source and heat sink solution to improve thermal performance. Fin optimization in heat sinks and heat exchangers advanced. Heat sink thermal analysis solidworks simulation 12. Heat sink optimization using simulation of the entire. This heat sink size calculator will calculate the heat sink width and number fins required to maintain a specified heat source temperature for a heat sink cooled via natural convection and radiation.
In this example topology optimization of the thermal conductivity was used to create a lightweight and highperformance heat sink. The benefit to lots of pins is that you force the boundary layers to. Geometrical optimization of platefin heatsink masters thesis in engineering mathematics and computational science. Grakon designed and manufactured a commercial truck fog lamp with the customer requirements. Optimization of heat sinks in a range of configurations.
Fin optimization in heat sinks and heat exchangers. The heat sink prototype has been designed and built considering the geometry of channels suggested by the topology optimization algorithm, shown in fig. The objective of this paper is to present a method for designing the optimum thermal. Multiobjective topology optimization of additively. Consider a heat sink in a duct, where air flows through the duct, as shown in figure 1. Materials for fabrication may include conductive materials such as copper and aluminum for modular heat sinks or silicon if the microchannels are to be integrated. Optimization of heat sink design and fan selection in. With the adaptability of generative design, you improve heat sink performance.
Ive been unable to find details on topology optimization for thermal applications. Heat transfer from the heat sink consists of radiation and convection from both the intrafin passages and the unshielded surfaces of two outer fins. The optimization objective is to minimize the heat sinks temperature for a. To find a heat sink design with minimal loss in performance, the team compared heat sink designs developed with different optimization and manufacturing methods. Optimal design of a heatsink, meeting program targets for cost, weight, size, and. With generative heat sink design software, you can dissipate more heat. Simple but powerful tool for designing and selecting heat sinks. Engineers constantly try to develop new designs to enhance the performance of heat exchangers. Sep 08, 2010 how heat sink fin spacing plays a key role in natural convection cooling and how you can optimize it posted on september 8, 2010 by akoss leave a comment we wrote a three part series, how to apply natural convection cooling for the thermal management of electronics during the week of august 22nd.
Heat sink with higher exposed surface area will have better cooling performance. Optimization of plate fin heat sinks using entropy generation. The effect of moving the heat source was simulated at 60c ambient conditions. The project consisted of using cfd simulations and optimization algorithms to find the perfect heat sink design for this model. As part of this work, we will show that the nonlinear interactions between thermal and. The optimization objective is to minimize the heat sinks temperature for a prescribed pressure drop and fixed heat generation. After a year of production, grakon looked into cost savings and weight management opportunities and optimization of heat sink were one among them. Generative design introduces freedom, adaptability, and accessibility to the heat sink design process. This study will utilize these new software tools and compare the thermal performance of optimized designs software output with analytical results. Comparing optimization methods for a heat sink design for 3d. The heat source is assumed to cover the entire base of the heat sink. Generate your optimal heat sink design through state of the art generative design.
In general, the main optimization criteria are to maximize the exposed heat exchangers surface area. Optimization of the thermal performance of microchannel heat sinks is then discussed. The application includes the option to save the results as an stl file, which means they are already in the required format for additive manufacturing. This clearly explains the intermittent operation of the igbt under these conditions and indicates that for the heatsink optimization to be successful, the new heatsink design must reduce case temperatures by at least 5 and preferably 10c1. Local heat transfer coefficients are highest when the air first begins to form a boundary layer. Developing and optimizing two phase and liquid thermal management.
Our software is ideal for designingoptimizing heat sinks, cold plates, cooling jackets, etc for critical cooling applic. The thermal design optimization of the heat sinks leads to minimize the size and weight of the heat sink, and then improve the heat removal in consequently increasing the speed of electronic devices. As part of their continuous search for innovative and efficient products, cyclone teamed up with creaform to optimize the heat sink of a led luminaire model. For the repeating cell, the following questions are posed. The heat source domain option is used to define the heat source, while heat sink domain is used to define the heat sink.
Jun 02, 2015 heat sink thermal analysis using solidworks simulation. The heat sinks can be meshed by many 3d thermal resistances which can involve a complex modeling. The solution time, even when optimizing, is extremely fast. A thesis on design optimization of heat sink in power. Thermal topology optimization in optistruct software. The multiobjective optimization problem is then converted into singleobjective optimization problem using grey relational analysis and the optimum design settings of the heat sink geometry were.
The factors considered for optimization are the length and width of the heat sink, fin height, base height, number of fins, and fin thickness. Aavid genie is an online heat sink design tool that allows for rapid thermal modeling and comparison of multiple heat sink constructions and manufacturable heat sink design. The coupled fluidthermal model of a heat sink cooled with forced convection is implemented in comsol multiphysics software as well as a threefield densitybased topology optimization. Performance assessment of density and levelset topology. Using commercial software, smatrix corporations doe fusion, a multiparameter pin fin heat sink is optimized. Sizing heat sinks using a few simple equations heat sink. Optimization of plate fin heat sinks using entropy. Simplify the design process by creating a heat sink simulation app with comsol software. Aavid genie is a streamlined interface of our aavid smartcfd thermal simulation software for users to try out different heat sink configurations, use multiple heat sources. Topology optimization of 3d printed heat sinks youtube. Optimal design of a heatsink, meeting program targets for cost, weight, size.
Aavid genie is an online design tool that allows for simple heat sink design and. This paper details the results of a study to develop a geometry based optimization tool for heat sink design. Analysis and optimization of the thermal performance of. Thermal topology optimization for complex heat sinks. Achieving this goal is valuable for both the heat sink manufacturer and the system designer, but the large number of variables that need to be investigated can make it difficult to accomplish. Ats dedicated to the thermal management of electronics. Thermal engineering played a key role in optimizing the heat sink. Optimum fin spacing for fancooled heat sinks keywords. Physical testing of the range of heat sink variations takes both too long and costs too much for an optimization process. A thesis on design optimization of heat sink in power electronics. Generative design can be viewed as an umbrella term, comprised of algorithm driven software assisted design, incorporating methods like topology optimization and shape optimization. Case study heat sink optimization creaform engineering.
One such effort is the design of the wavy fins to enhance the surface area. The major problem when optimizing a heat sink is that there are quite a few parameters that can be changed. Heat sink design goals may vary, but in this report, optimization of the vertical heat sink is the main objective. Learn how cooling management can be done with cloudbased cfd and fea software. Heat sink simulation and optimization with simscale.
Development of heat sink device by using topology optimization. Based on our testing, if the heat sink is oriented as in fig. Generative heat sink design software incorporates methods like gradient based optimization and topology optimization to generate highly efficient heat sinks that transcend the restrictions of traditional cad geometries. This requires that the thermal management system be optimized.
For the repeating cell, the following questions are. Culham and muzychka 2001 presented optimization of plate fin heat sinks using entropy generation minimization. Heat sink design and optimization is done jointly between our us headquarters and taiwan facilities, while heat sink manufacturing is done exclusively at the latter. Celsia is a custom heat sink manufacturer specializing in vapor chamber and heat pipe thermal assemblies. Optimization of heat sink design and fan selection in portable electronics environment abstract modern portable electronics have seen component heat loads increasing, while the space available for heat dissipation has decreased, both factors working against the thermal designer. Another growing but more complex research area on the optimization of heat sink designs is the use of topology 23. Optimizing heat sink designs with a simulation app comsol blog. In present case s, optimization of t he heat sink consisting of an array of straight, vertical, and rectangular fins is performed fig. The optimization objective is the minimization of the solid plate temperature of the heat sink. Aug 29, 2019 grakon designed and manufactured a commercial truck fog lamp with the customer requirements. Downloadable publications technical papers and publications in thermoelectrics. Simulating fluid flow in your designs with solidworks flow simulation duration. Well, as usual in thermal engineering quite a bit more than meets the eye. What are the best softwares for topology optimization.
In a recent blog post, robert smith discusses heat sink optimization through the use of pin fins. However, geometry simplification done to enable the cfd meshing, lead to poor performance of lsm heat sink. Heat sinks have long been used when it comes to the cooling of electronic components in order to maintain them under the maximum allowed operating temperature. Simulation software is used in the optimization of heat sink designs. The optimization section is where the application user calculates the optimal structure for the heat sink, and results is where they can see and export the results. Optimum fin spacing for fancooled heat sinks thermal software. Simscale is a 100% cloudbased cae software for heat sink design simulation that lets you test, validate, and optimize your designs through cfd, fea, and thermal analysis. The bottom surface of the heat sink is exposed to a constant heat flux.
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