HSHPTM program application in optimum of heat pipes thermal module

Embedded U-type or L-type heat pipes into fins and based plate form a heat sink-heat pipes thermal module (HSHPTM), which transfers the total heat capacity from the heat source to the based plate and fins successfully, and then dissipates heat flow into the surrounding air. The main purpose of this study is to establish the theoretical model and thermal performance of the HSHPTM under different wind speeds, and calculate the heat flow of individual embedded heat pipes employed Newton´s method and Gauss-Seidel iteration method. This paper employs a window program named HSHPTM V1.0 coded by Visual Basic commercial software to develop for optimum designing the heat sink-heat pipes thermal module. The computing core of HSHPTM program applies the theoretical thermal resistance analytical approach with iterative convergence stated in this article to obtain the numerical solutions. The results show that this calculating error comparison with experimental results is within ± 5%. This HSHPTM has the benefit of rapidly calculating the thermal performance of a heat sink-heat pipes thermal module.