Thermal Performance of Nanofluids in Miniature Heat Sinks with Conduits

S. Harikrishnan is Professor and Head in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Kings Engineering College, Chennai, India. He received his B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Madras in 2002 and M.E. in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineering and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University in 2007 and 2015, respectively. He has organized four international conferences and delivered invited talks in many colleges in India. He has published 32 research articles in different journals of national and international repute. His areas of research include the phase change materials, nanofluids, and supercapacitor. A. D. Dhass received his B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Energy Engineering and Solar Energy in 2005, 2009, and 2018 respectively, from Anna University, Chennai, India. Since 2019, he has been working as Associate Professor in the Indus Institute of Technology and Engineering (IITE), Indus University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. His areas of research include solar, heat transfer, and phase change materials. Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Ali, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, received his Ph.D. degree from Queen Mary, University of London, UK, in 2011. He was a postdoc at Water and Energy Laboratory, University of California at Merced, USA, during 2015–16 period.

1. Introduction.- 2. Flow characteristics of nanofluids in miniature heat sinks.- 3. Design modifications of miniature heat sinks.- 4. Heat transfer characteristics of  miniature heat sink with various conduits.- 5. Application  of  miniature heat sink.