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Energy Harvesting Device Using Ferrofluids Slugs In Microchannels, Omkar Amar Pawar Dec 2018

Energy Harvesting Device Using Ferrofluids Slugs In Microchannels, Omkar Amar Pawar

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses

This research proposes a new concept of energy harvesting with the help of oscillating slugs of ferrofluid in microchannels. Ferrofluids are colloidal suspension of paramagnetic nanoparticles which get magnetized in the presence of magnetic field. They can conform to any shape and can be injected easily in intricate spaces. A change in the magnetic flux through the solenoid area produces electromotive force per Faraday’s law. To prove the concept of harvesting energy by having a change in magnetic flux with the help of ferrofluids, several ferrofluid slugs were made to pass through a multi turn solenoid wound around a glass …


Characterization Of A Cold Plate By Experimental Analysis And Power Savings Calculation Of Dynamic Cold Plate, Barath Ragul Manimaran May 2018

Characterization Of A Cold Plate By Experimental Analysis And Power Savings Calculation Of Dynamic Cold Plate, Barath Ragul Manimaran

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses

Cooling is a critical part of data center’s infrastructure, and with ongoing demands in data processing and storage, thermal management issues are of great concern. Some imperative methods of removing heat are either using air or liquid (preferably water or refrigerant). When high power densities modules are involved, liquid cooling addresses some of the problems faced by air cooling as liquid coolants have higher thermal capacitance. Also, in the case of multi-chip modules, a non-uniform heating due to multicore generates hotspots and increases temperature gradients across the module. A dynamic cold plate was developed to address these issues with the …