This document provides an agenda for a workshop on thermal management and electronics cooling. The workshop will focus on a case study of passively cooling an LED module using different heat sink materials, including standard aluminum, anodized aluminum, and standard aluminum with radiative paint. Through completing milestones to set up the simulation model, define operating conditions and materials, and run a design study, participants will determine which heat sink material provides the optimal solution for keeping the LED junction temperature within its operational range.

1. Fast & Easy Electronics
Thermal Management
SimScale Instructors: David Short & Steve Laine
CFD Workshop

2. Hands-On Workshop Case
LED Radial Heat Sink Design Study

3. Our Case:
● Full thermal analysis of a passively cooled LED module
● Radial Heat Sink- Material selection required from the options listed:
○ Standard Aluminium
○ Anodized Aluminium
○ Standard Aluminium with Radiative Paint
Our Questions:
1. “Is the design sufficient to keep the LED junction temperature within
an operational range?”
2. “Which heat sink material provides the optimal solution?”
Electronics Cooling Workshop Brief

4. We will work together to set up the case and achieve the following key milestones:
Milestone 0- Modify the 3D model for use with CFD on the SimScale platform and create a simulation
Milestone 1- Define gravity, enable radiation and assign materials
Milestone 2- Define operating conditions
Milestone 3- Run a design study
Finally, once we have achieved all the milestones above we will take a look at results from a previously run design
study
Workshop Agenda

5. Design Study Results