There is a clear need for cooling high heat flux generating electronic devices using a dielectric fluid without using a pump. This paper explores the feasibility of employing ethanol as a dielectric fluid in a horizontal, open microchannel heat sink configuration with a tapered gap manifold to yield very low pressure head requirements. The paper presents experimental results for such a system utilizing ethanol as a working fluid under gravity-driven flow. A heat flux of 217 W/cm2 was dissipated with a pressure drop of only 9 kPa. The paper further presents parametric trends regarding flow rate and pressure drop characteristics that provide basic insight into designing high heat flux systems under a given gravity head requirement. Based on the results, interrelationships and design guidelines are developed for the taper, ethanol flow rate and imposed heat flux on heat transfer coefficient and gravity head requirement for electronics cooling. Reducing flow instability, reducing pressure drop, and enhancing heat transfer performance for a dielectric fluid will enable the development of pumpless cooling solutions in a variety of electronics cooling applications.
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Enhanced Flow Boiling of Ethanol in Open Microchannels With Tapered Manifolds in a Gravity-Driven Flow
Philipp Buchling,
Philipp Buchling
Mechanical Engineering Department,
Rochester Institute of Technology,
Lomb Memorial Drive,
Rochester, NY 14623
Rochester Institute of Technology,
Lomb Memorial Drive,
Rochester, NY 14623
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Satish Kandlikar
Satish Kandlikar
Fellow ASME
Mechanical Engineering Department,
Rochester Institute of Technology,
Lomb Memorial Drive,
Rochester, NY 14623
e-mail: sgkeme@rit.edu
Mechanical Engineering Department,
Rochester Institute of Technology,
Lomb Memorial Drive,
Rochester, NY 14623
e-mail: sgkeme@rit.edu
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Philipp Buchling
Mechanical Engineering Department,
Rochester Institute of Technology,
Lomb Memorial Drive,
Rochester, NY 14623
Rochester Institute of Technology,
Lomb Memorial Drive,
Rochester, NY 14623
Satish Kandlikar
Fellow ASME
Mechanical Engineering Department,
Rochester Institute of Technology,
Lomb Memorial Drive,
Rochester, NY 14623
e-mail: sgkeme@rit.edu
Mechanical Engineering Department,
Rochester Institute of Technology,
Lomb Memorial Drive,
Rochester, NY 14623
e-mail: sgkeme@rit.edu
1Corresponding author.
Contributed by the Heat Transfer Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER. Manuscript received April 20, 2015; final manuscript received September 23, 2015; published online November 17, 2015. Assoc. Editor: Amitabh Narain.
J. Heat Transfer. Mar 2016, 138(3): 031503 (10 pages)
Published Online: November 17, 2015
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Received:
April 20, 2015
Revised:
September 23, 2015
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Buchling, P., and Kandlikar, S. (November 17, 2015). "Enhanced Flow Boiling of Ethanol in Open Microchannels With Tapered Manifolds in a Gravity-Driven Flow." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. March 2016; 138(3): 031503. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4031884
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