Effects of tip gap and amplitude of piezoelectric fans on the performance of heat sinks in microelectronic cooling

MK Abdullah, NC Ismail, MZ Abdullah… - Heat and Mass …, 2012 - Springer
Piezoelectric fan is a promising option for cooling microelectronic devices owing to its
unique features such as no electromagnetic noise, low power consumption and minimum …

Effect of side and tip gaps of a piezoelectric fan on microelectronic cooling

SF Sufian, MZ Abdullah, MK Abdullah… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A combination of experimental and numerical analyses is conducted to investigate the
coupled effect of side gap (Gs) and tip gap (δ) on the performance of a piezoelectric fan in …

Numerical and experimental investigations on effect of fan height on the performance of piezoelectric fan in microelectronic cooling

MK Abdullah, MZ Abdullah, MV Ramana… - … Communications in Heat …, 2009 - Elsevier
A piezoelectric fan is an attractive device to remove heat from microelectronic systems due
to its low power consumption, minimal noise and compactness. In the present study, a …

Characterization and optimization of the thermal performance of miniature piezoelectric fans

T Açıkalın, SV Garimella, A Raman, J Petroski - International Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric fans have emerged as a viable cooling technology for the thermal
management of electronic devices, owing to their low-power consumption, minimal noise …

Effect of synchronized piezoelectric fans on microelectronic cooling performance

SF Sufian, MZ Abdullah, JJ Mohamed - International Communications in …, 2013 - Elsevier
This study reports on the influence of dual vibrating fans on flow and thermal fields through
numerical analyses and experimental measurements. Two piezoelectric fans were arranged …

Heat transfer characteristics of pin-fin heat sinks cooled by dual piezoelectric fans

HY Li, YX Wu - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
The heat transfer of pin-fin heat sinks cooled by dual piezoelectric fans is investigated
experimentally by infrared thermography. The effects of the phase difference, the …

Optimum tip gap and orientation of multi-piezofan for heat transfer enhancement of finned heat sink in microelectronic cooling

MK Abdullah, NC Ismail, MA Mujeebu… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric fans can be manipulated to generate airflow for cooling microelectronic
devices. Their outstanding features include noise-free operation, low power consumption …

Optimal design of miniature piezoelectric fans for cooling light emitting diodes

T Açikalin, SV Garimella, J Petroski… - The Ninth Intersociety …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Piezoelectric fans have emerged as a viable cooling technology for the thermal
management of electronic devices with their low power consumption, minimal noise …

Mechanism of enhancement of heat transfer for plate-fin heat sinks with dual piezoelectric fans

SL Ma, JW Chen, HY Li, JT Yang - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2015 - Elsevier
The transient flow structure and heat transfer of plate-fin heat sinks cooled with dual
piezoelectric fans (piezofans) have been investigated experimentally. The analysis …

Numerical study on channel-flow convection heat transfer enhancement with piezoelectric fans under various operating conditions

K Kim, T Yeom - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric fans have been widely considered for electronics cooling as a stand-alone
cooling device with its advantages over conventional rotary fans, such as low power …