A review of piezoelectric fans for low energy cooling of power electronics

A Hales, X Jiang - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Power consumption from electrical devices increases year upon year, and as a result
thermal management of power electronics is becoming ever more relevant. This review …

Morphing applications in automobiles: a review

R Anumodh, B Singh, M Zuber - International Journal of …, 2021 - inderscienceonline.com
Morphing structures are structures that alter their shape and size upon application of a
stimulus. This field has been of interest to numerous researchers all over the world due to its …

Enhancing forced-convection heat transfer of a channel surface with piezo-fans

XJ Li, J Zhang, X Tan, Y Wang - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
The beam shape of a piezo-fan and the inlet turbulence intensity (TI) of channel flow are
important parameters that affect the heat transfer enhancement of a heated surface in an …

Effects of electromagnetic-vibration fan with folding blades on convective heat transfer

J Hu, K Wang, L **e, C Min, Z Rao - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The electromagnetic-vibration fan is mainly composed of a pair of vibrating blades and an
electromagnetic drive device. The electromagnetic force drives the blades to vibrate …

Effects of piezoelectric fan on overall performance of air-based micro pin-fin heat sink

XJ Li, J Zhang, X Tan - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Due to the lack of studies on the thermal and hydraulic performances of roughed surfaces
subjected to the piezoelectric fan in the presence of forced channel flow, an experimental …

Characterization of the thermal performance of multi piezoelectric fans for cooling a semi-cylindrical concave surface

X Li, W Chen, S Lu - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric fan is widely used in the heat removal of high-temperature devices for its
advantages of simple structure, low energy consumption, low noise, and good wind …

An investigation on convective heat transfer performance around piezoelectric fan vibration envelope in a forced channel flow

XJ Li, J Zhang, X Tan - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018 - Elsevier
An experimental and numerical investigation is performed in the current study to further
explore the convective heat transfer performance by a vertically-oriented piezoelectric fan in …

[HTML][HTML] Radial piezoelectric magnetic fans (RPMF) mathematical model development and design optimization for electronics cooling

FA Razak, R Ahmad, S Sarip… - Thermal Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays, almost everything was run by electronic-based devices regardless of its size and
applications, functioning for kids to adults and operating throughout the days and nights. It is …

Optimisation of low energy cooling through phase variation between adjacent piezoelectric fan blades

A Hales, X Jiang - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric fans are highly efficient and low energy air-movers. The technology may be
applied to reduce the power requirements of thermal management systems in a range of …

Convective heat transfer on a flat surface induced by a vertically-oriented piezoelectric fan in the presence of cross flow

XJ Li, J Zhang, X Tan - Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017 - Springer
Experimental tests are carried out to investigate the convective heat transfer performances
on a flat surface around the vibration envelope of a vertically-oriented piezoelectric fan in the …