Numerical Analysis Of Heat Transfer Parameters Using Ferrofluid

Heat transfer, thermal management, and acoustics are the important parameters that determine the effectiveness of any miniaturized electronic circuit. As the density of electronic components is increasing, the reliability of such systems is of great concern. The proposed work discusses a novel technique of a magnetic pumping fluid system without conventional cooling components. Here the integrated effect of the conjugate heat transfer and magnetic field is taken into account to study flow phenomena. Two different fluids—water and kerosene—as a base fluid for ferrofluid are evaluated for physical quantities such as pressure, temperature, and heat transfer coefficient to measure the performance of a magnetic cooling system. Flow in the cooling setup is optimized by using numerical analysis and number of experiments on the given setup. It was found that flow depends on the magnetic field gradient, temperature gradient, fluid properties, and material combination. In addition, flow characteristics depend on the influence of magnetic field and temperature of the fluid. Analysis results show that the heat transfer and pressure head in the kerosene-based ferrofluid are more stable compared to the water-based ferrofluid. A better magnetic fluid with both high magnetization and a high pyromagnetic coefficient can enhance the flowability of the ferrofluid to a large extent.