Wesley lee nov 1 16 at 12 54.
Heat sink fin orientation.
The first plot traveling from the lower left to the upper right is the natural convection curve of heat sink temperature rise tsa versus q.
An advantage of bonded fin designs is that the heat sink base and the fins can be of different metals.
However the sideward vertical fin orientation gave the best performance on the natural cooling.
And the radiation is omnidirectional.
Heat sink attachment orientation plays a significant role under natural convection.
Heat sinks are devices that are used to enhance heat dissipation from hot surfaces to cooler ambient air.
It is recommended that the heat sink be installed to orient the fins in a direction that will not block air movement under natural convection.
The heat sink should be oriented as in fig 1 or fig 2 under natural convection cooling.
In which case the orientation of the fins will probably make less of a difference.
Respectively bonded fin heat sinks and skived fin heat sinks suit these requirements nicely.
It is assumed that the device to be cooled is properly mounted and the heat sink is in its normally used mounting orientation with respect to the direction of air flow.
Experimental setup and analysis method.
Thermal resistance will probably increase since it will difficult airflow i e.
Test results indicate that the sideward horizontal fin orientation yield the lowest heat transfer coefficient.
Light emitting diode led light source is known as the 4th generation illumination technology because.
Orientation effects on natural convection heat dissipation of rectangular fin heat sinks mounted on leds 1.
The experimental setup is.
You haven t mentioned if you have forced air flow i e.
A trapezoidal fins heat sink with various orientations tested under a controlled environment.
Air heats and moves up if the fins are horizontal this will be hindered.