A review of heat pipe with nanofluid for electronic cooling

Abstract

A heat pipe is an important tool for effective cooling performance of the electronic devices. The main focus of this paper is to review applications of heat pipe in electronic system. Miniaturization of chips and increasing processing speed decreases the heat transfer surface area and generates very high heat fluxes resulting in large temperature rise in electronics devices. Therefore, for an effective cooling heat pipe is a better selection because of its high efficiency and reliability. A major part of this review paper is allocated to applications of different types of heat pipe and modern trends in heat pipe technology. Nanofluids are dilute suspensions of nanoparticles composite materials with the specific aim of increasing the thermal conductivity of heat transfer fluids. Authors also analyzed some of the applications of heat pipes with nanofluid for electronic cooling. © 2014 IEEE.