Thermal Design Heat Sinks, Thermoelectrics, Heat Pipes, Compact Heat Exchangers, and Solar Cells

by Lee, H. S.

• ISBN13: 9780470496626
• ISBN10: 0470496622
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-23
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Written for a a senior undergraduate or the first-year graduate textbook, this book covers modern thermal devices such as heat sinks, thermoelectric generators and coolers, heat pipes, and heat exchangers as design components in larger systems. These devices are becoming increasingly important and fundamental in thermal design across such diverse areas as microelectronic cooling, green or thermal energy conversion, and thermal control and management in space. The graphical presentation in Thermal Design provides designers or students with the rich and flexible solutions toward achieving the optimal design.

Author Biography

HoSung Lee, PhD, is Professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at Western Michigan University.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Introduction

Human and Energy

Thermodynamics

Heat Transfer

References

Heat Sinks

Longitudinal Fin of Rectangular Profile

Heat Transfer from Fin

Fin Effectiveness

Fin Efficiency

Corrected Profile Length

Optimizations

Multiple Fin Array I

Multiple Fin Array II

Thermal Resistance and Overall Efficiency

Fin Design with Thermal Radiation

References

Problems

Projects

Thermoelectrics

Introduction

Seebeck Effect

Peltier Effect

Figure of Merit

Thermoelectric Generator (TEG)

Thermoelectric Coolers (TEC)

Applications

Design Example

References

Problems

Heat Pipes

Operation of Heat Pipe

Surface Tension

Heat Transfer Limitations

Heat Pipe Thermal Resistance

Variable Conductance Heat Pipes (VCHP)

Loop Heat Pipes

Micro Heat Pipes

Working Fluid

Wick Structures

Design Example

References

Problems

Design Problem

Compact Heat Exchangers

Introduction

Fundamentals of Heat Exchangers

Double-Pipe Heat Exchangers

Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers

Plate Heat Exchangers (PHE)

Pressure Drops in Compact Heat Exchangers

Finned-Tube Heat Exchangers

Plate-Fin Heat Exchangers

Louver-Fin-Type Flat-tube Plate-Fin Heat Exchangers

References

Problems

Double Pipe Heat Exchanger

Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger

Plate Heat Exchanger

Finned-Tube Heat Exchanger

Plate-Fin Heat Exchanger

Louver-Fin-Type Plate-Fin Heat Exchanger

Solar Cells

Introduction

Quantum Mechanics

Density of States

Equilibrium Intrinsic Carrier Concentration

Extrinsic Semiconductors in Thermal Equilibrium

Generation and Recombination

Recombination

Carrier Transport

Minority Carrier Transport

Characteristics of Solar Cells

Additional Topics

Modeling

Design of a Solar Cell

References

Problems

Introduction

Quantum Mechanics

Density of State

Equilibrium Intrinsic Carrier Concentration

Extrinsic Semiconductor in Thermal Equilibrium

Generation and Recombination

Recombination

Carrier Transport

Minority Carrier Lifetime

Characteristic of Solar Cell

Modeling

Solar Cell Design

Thermophysical Properties

Thermoelectrics

Pipe Dimensions

Curve Fitting of Working Fluids

Tutorial I for 2-D

Tutorial II for 3-D

Computational Work of Heat Pipe

Computational Work of Heat Sink

Tutorial for MathCAD

Index

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