Publication detail

Importance of Melt Flow Direction during Injection Molding on Polymer Heat Sinks’ Cooling Efficiency

GUZEJ, M. ZACHAR, M. KOMÍNEK, J. KOTRBÁČEK, P. BRACHNA, R.

Original Title

Importance of Melt Flow Direction during Injection Molding on Polymer Heat Sinks’ Cooling Efficiency

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Polymers with highly conductive fillers could possibly replace standardly used materials, such as aluminum and copper alloys, for passive cooling purposes. The main problem of the composite polymer-based heat sinks is that their high thermal conductivity is uneven. The orientation of this anisotropy is set according to the position of the highly thermally conductive filler. Its orientation is influenced by the melt flow during the polymer heat sink molding process. This article shows that change of the melt flow inside the mold cavity can improve the overall cooling efficiency of a polymer heat sink, which leads to lower temperatures on the heat source used. Two polymer heat sinks of identical geometries were produced. Their high thermal conductivity was given by the use of graphite flakes as the filler. The only difference between the heat sinks was in the position of the fan gate during their production. Different temperatures of the heat source between the two heat sinks were observed for the same measurement conditions. The measurements were conducted at Heatlab, BUT.

Keywords

polymer heat sink; thermal management; thermal conductivity; composites; anisotropy

Authors

GUZEJ, M.; ZACHAR, M.; KOMÍNEK, J.; KOTRBÁČEK, P.; BRACHNA, R.

Released

7. 4. 2021

Publisher

MDPI

ISBN

2073-4360

Periodical

Polymers

Year of study

13

Number

8

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

13

Pages count

13

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/8/1186

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/196507

BibTex

@article{BUT171142,
  author="Michal {Guzej} and Martin {Zachar} and Jan {Komínek} and Petr {Kotrbáček} and Róbert {Brachna}",
  title="Importance of Melt Flow Direction during Injection Molding on Polymer Heat Sinks’ Cooling Efficiency",
  journal="Polymers",
  year="2021",
  volume="13",
  number="8",
  pages="1--13",
  doi="10.3390/polym13081186",
  issn="2073-4360",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/8/1186"
}