Plastic heat sink

Plastic can be an ideal heat sink material as it is light and can be stronger than steel. Properties of plastic can hinder the application of heat sink due to the fact that it is a poor thermal conductor. With the implementation of fillers in plastic, composite polymer will be able to solve the ther...

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Main Author: Tan, Cornelius Ming Han.
Other Authors: Tan Cher Ming
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45012
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description Plastic can be an ideal heat sink material as it is light and can be stronger than steel. Properties of plastic can hinder the application of heat sink due to the fact that it is a poor thermal conductor. With the implementation of fillers in plastic, composite polymer will be able to solve the thermal conductivity issues. The research focuses on making the filler and polymer matrix a miscible blend such that the cross linkages will facilitate the heat load transfer. The fillers will have to undergo synthesis to create a chemical bond between the fillers and the polymer matrix such as attaching functional group during polymerization. This chemical bond is necessary to create the cross linkages between the fillers and plastic composite to enhance thermal conductivity. The performances of plastic heat sinks are also determined by thermal imaging heat scans and evaluation of performance of light emitting diode when mounted on the plastic heat sinks. Plastic heat sink model is created to correlate heat dissipation with thermal conductivity. Comparison of heat dissipation pattern in metal and plastic heat sink is also studied.
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spelling ntu-10356/450122023-07-07T16:37:22Z Plastic heat sink Tan, Cornelius Ming Han. Tan Cher Ming School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Control and instrumentation Plastic can be an ideal heat sink material as it is light and can be stronger than steel. Properties of plastic can hinder the application of heat sink due to the fact that it is a poor thermal conductor. With the implementation of fillers in plastic, composite polymer will be able to solve the thermal conductivity issues. The research focuses on making the filler and polymer matrix a miscible blend such that the cross linkages will facilitate the heat load transfer. The fillers will have to undergo synthesis to create a chemical bond between the fillers and the polymer matrix such as attaching functional group during polymerization. This chemical bond is necessary to create the cross linkages between the fillers and plastic composite to enhance thermal conductivity. The performances of plastic heat sinks are also determined by thermal imaging heat scans and evaluation of performance of light emitting diode when mounted on the plastic heat sinks. Plastic heat sink model is created to correlate heat dissipation with thermal conductivity. Comparison of heat dissipation pattern in metal and plastic heat sink is also studied. Bachelor of Engineering 2011-06-08T03:32:58Z 2011-06-08T03:32:58Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45012 en Nanyang Technological University 72 p. application/pdf
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