Forced convective air cooling from electronic component arrays in a parallel plate channel

This paper discusses air forced convection heat transfer from inline protruding elements arranged in eight rows. The streamwise and spanwise spacings between elements were varied using a splitter plate that can be positioned at three different modular configurations. A set of empirical formulas was obtained to correlate the experimental data for air cooling systems design. Arrays of components with one odd-sized module have also been tested. Experimental results show that blocks near the entrance and behind the odd-size module have improved performance compared to uniform arrangements. Accordingly, temperature sensitive components are suggested to be placed in these locations.