Phase Change Material-Based Heat Sinks

Srikanth Rangarajan is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the State University of New York, Binghamton, NY. He has 7 papers published in international journals. He has also presented 6 papers in international conferences and has 1 patent filed from his doctoral research work.C. Balaji is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, India. He is the Editor – in – Chief of International Journal of Thermal Sciences.

• Preface. List of Figures. List of Tables. Symbols. Notations. Introduction. Review of literature. Characterization of PCM And TCEs. Experimental Setup and Instrumentation. Experimental Investigations on 72 Pin Fin Heat Sink with Discrete Heating. Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms For 72 Pin Fin Heat Sinks. Multi-Objective Geometric Optimization of a PCM Based Matrix Type Composite Heat Sink. Experimental Investigation on Melting And Solidification of Phase Change Material Based Cylindrical Heat Sinks. Thermosyphon Assisted Melting of PCM Inside A Rectangular Enclosure :A Synergistic Numerical Approach. Conclusions and Scope for Future Work. Bibliography.

An interesting book for researchers involved with designing heat sinks for electronics, especially high-power electronics (e.g. Si, SiC or GaN) power semiconductors since many of the applications that use these devices are limited by the device temperature during transient overcurrent. PCM may be able to extend the current range of many of these devices and lead to even higher current ratings, especially for wideband gap materials since they have a higher operating temperature rating than Si-based devices.- IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, January / February — Vol. 37, No. 1