Design Effect of a Mini Channels Heat Sink Using Additive Manufacturing

Abstract

The present work aims to examine the influence of designing mini channel heat sinks using Stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing. Stereolithography (SLA) is a common additive manufacturing technique. The internal mini channels of the heat sink are made of aluminium materials and the outer cover is made of commercial polymer. Three models of the mini channel heat sinks are considered. A constant heat flow is applied to the bottom wall of the heat sink, and water is used as a coolant. The flow and heat transfer were studied for different cooling speeds. The physical properties of the fluid provided good thermal performance for the heat sink, especially at increased flow rates. The acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) copolymer resin has shown its good insulator for the heat sink and has improved the performance of the heat sink. This study demonstrates that the ABS copolymer resin enhances the cooling of electronic components.

Keywords

Commercial acrylonitrile butadiene styrene resin (ABS) / Mini-channel heat sink / Additive manufacturing (AM)

Acknowledgments

The authors express their sincere gratitude to the institution that contributed to this research.

Author Contributions

This research was conducted by the authors listed at the top of the article (K.C., A.B.), who carried out data processing and verified the research results to ensure their accuracy and reliability.

Ethics Statement

The authors confirm that this work is original and has not been previously published. It has been developed independently.

Informed Consent Statement

No informed consent statement.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author.

Funding

This research received no external funding.

Declaration of Competing Interest

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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