Numerical investigation of the effect of different heat sink fin structures on the thermal performance of automotive LED headlights

Authors : Seyfi ŞEVİK, Özgür ÖZDİLLİ, Furkan AKBULUT

Pages : 17-26

Doi:10.30939/ijastech..1027788

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Publication Date : 2022-03-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :With the developing technology, the automotive lighting sector is also changing rapidly. Automotive lighting equipment is produced with more functionality and higher performance. However, with the increase in perfor-mance, undesirable heat generation also increases. Automotive headlights fail or perform poorly when exposed to high heat; therefore, unwanted heat has to be removed. This is accomplished with heat sinks. In this study, four different automotive light-emitting diode insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(LED); headlights have been designed as channelless, 4-channel, 8-channel, and 12-channel. The designed models were tested numerically at different LED powers insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(8, 10, 12, 14, and 16W);. Thus, the impact of heat sink fin structures on the thermal performance of automotive LED headlights was investigated numerically. The heat dissipation performances of the designs were analyzed using the computational fluid dynamics software SolidWorks Flow Simulation. The simulation results showed that the designed products can be used as LED headlights. As the applied heat power increased, maximum tem-peratures also increased. While a continuous increase in performance was achieved in designs up to 8-channel, slight performance degradation was observed when the number of channels reached 12. As the applied heat power increased, the average temperatures increase whereas thermal resistance insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Rth); decreased. From channel-less design to 12-channel design, Rth values decreased from 6.8 °C/W to 5.31 °C/W.
Keywords : LED headlights, Heat sink, Fin structure, Thermal performance, Numerical investigation, Impact of channel