A workforce of undergraduate college students from the College of Utah has received the ASME/Ok-16 and IEEE/EPS Scholar Design Problem for the second consecutive 12 months. The competitors tasked college students with designing an additively manufactured warmth sink to function underneath pressured air circumstances with stainless-steel and a low energy enter of 3W.
Group members Zane Frey, Eric Montenegro, Nathan Brown, Joshua Brodbeck, and Oliver Proctor, suggested by Dr. Sameer Rao, carried out a parametric examine on typical plate fin warmth sinks. They experimented with variables equivalent to plate quantity, thickness, and peak to seek out an optimum steadiness of thermal efficiency and mass.
The workforce finally settled on a venturi plate warmth sink design. By leveraging a venturi tube geometry, they enhanced airflow channeling and convection warmth switch close to the bottom plate, overcoming stainless-steel’s low thermal conductivity. Their design was 3D printed utilizing GE’s binder jet know-how and efficiently examined.
The workforce introduced their profitable warmth sink at ITherm 2024 and expressed gratitude for the assist from Dr. Rao and the U’s 3D Metallic Printing Lab. They stay up for future competitions as a part of the senior design capstone program.
The College of Utah workforce continues to show excellence in warmth sink design, securing victories in 2020, 2022, and 2023.
Supply: mech.utah.edu