Analytical relations between the heat flux, temperature rise, thermal boundary layer thickness, and characteristic velocity have been derived for the two-dimensional vertical channel, without use of the Boussinesq approximation. Results have been put into the context of well-established scaling behavior in the literature. In addition, useful implications of the analytical results have been described, including a criterion to determine the suitability of a heat-sink configuration to a particular application.
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