Ehsan Farsad - Iranian National Center for Laser Science and Technology
Sayed Peyman Abbasi
Mohammad Sadegh Zabihi

The efficiency of nanofluids as coolants is numerically investigated in a novel microchannel heatsink (MCHS). In the present study, the CuO/H2O, Al2O3/H2O and TiO2/H2O were used as coolants are examined. The three-dimensional steady, laminar flow and heat transfer governing equations are solved using finite volume method. The micro channel heatsink performance is evaluated in terms of temperature profile, thermalresistance and pressure drop. The results show that the cooling performance of MCHS with nanofluids is enhanced compared with pure water. Microchannel heatsinks using nanofluid are expected to be good candidates as the next generation cooling devices for removing ultra high heat flux

cooling, heat transfer, MCHS, nanofluids