The Effect of Arachidic Acid Mixtures on the Cooling Performance of a Heat Sink

Abstract

The temperature of an electronic device is one of the most important parameters to deal with. Any increase above the temperature limits results in a failure in the device. Thus, to ensure good operation, an electronic device should be cooled. One promising technique is the use of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) for their well-known ability to absorb the heat dissipated by the device, thanks to their high latent heat of fusion. Arachidic acid is a fatty acid that, when mixed with sodium decanoate and potassium oleate salts, can be used as a promising PCM due to its high latent heat. This paper aims to shed light on the use such mixtures of Arachidic acid for cooling in a heat sink. An experimental setup was built for this purpose. The results show that the Arachidic acid mixtures are suitable for applications requiring intermediate heat dissipation.

Keywords

• phase change material
• fatty acids
• Arachidic acid
• mixtures
• thermophysical properties
• melting range