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Numerically-Investigated Thermal Performances of Hybrid Fin Heat Sinks for Lightweight Thermal Management of LED Modules Under Natural Convection

자연대류상의 LED 모듈의 경량열관리를 위한 하이브리드 휜 히트싱크의 수치적으로 조사된 열성능

  • Kim, Kyoung Joon (Department of Mechanical Design Engineering, Pukyong National University)
  • Received : 2015.03.30
  • Accepted : 2015.06.12
  • Published : 2015.07.31
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Abstract

This study discusses numerically-explored thermal performances of hybrid fin heat sinks (HF HSs) for lightweight thermal management of LED modules under natural convection. A hollow hybrid fin heat sink (HHF HS) and a solid hybrid fin heat sink (SHF HS) are proposed as HF HSs. A 3-D CFD analysis has been carefully conducted to obtain reliable numerical results. The 3-D CFD study investigates the effects of both fin spacing and an internal channel diameter on performances of the HHF HS and the SHF HS. The study results show that the mass-based thermal resistance of the HHF HS is 20~32% smaller compared with the pin fin heat sink (PF HS). The results also show that the mass-based thermal resistance of the HHF HS decreases with the increase of the channel diameter. These results are mainly due to coupled effects of the mass reduction and heat pumping through an internal channel. Considerably superior mass-based thermal performances of the HHF HS to the conventional PF HS suggest the feasible application for the lightweight thermal management of the LED modules under natural convection.

본 연구는 자연대류상의 LED 모듈의 경량열관리를 위한 하이브리드 휜 히트싱크(HF HS)의 열성능을 수치적으로 조사한 결과에 대해 논하였다. 할로우 하이브리드 휜 히트싱크(HHF HS)와 솔리드 하이브리드 휜 히트싱크(SHF HS)가 HF HS로 제안되고, 신뢰성있는 수치결과를 획득하기 위하여 3차원 CFD 해석이 수행되었다. 3차원 CFD 연구는 HHF HS와 SHF HS의 성능에 대한 휜 공간과 내부유로직경의 영향을 조사하였다. 연구결과는 HHF HS의 질량기반 열저항이 핀휜 히트싱크(PF HS) 보다 20~32% 작음을 보여주고, 유로직경의 증가에 따라 HHF HS의 질량기반 열저항이 감소함을 보인다. 이 결과는 주로 질량감소와 내부유로를 통한 열방출의 결합효과에 기인한다. 고전적인 PF HS 대비 상당히 우월한 HHF HS의 질량기반 열성능은 자연대류상의 LED 모듈의 경량열관리 적용 가능성을 제시한다.

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