Experimental study of evaporation resistance on porous surfaces in flat heat pipes

Liang Han Chien, C. C. Chang

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Abstract

This experimental study investigated the effect of particle size and coating thickness of the porous surface on evaporator thermal resistance of a thermosyphon having a 16 mm diameter circular heating area. Copper particles having two kinds of size distributions were sintered on a copper plate. The two particle distributions were 115 μm average diameter in the range 50 to 500 μm, and 247 μm average diameter in the range 180 to 350 μm. The particle coating thickness was either 0.5 or 1.0 mm for each distribution. Water was used as the working fluid, and it was tested at 60 or 70°C saturation temperature, which corresponds to sub-atmospheric saturation pressure. The heat flux varied between 30 and 550 kW/m2. The boiling surfaces were tested in vertical and horizontal orientations, and the experimental results showed negligible effect on the surface orientation. The best boiling surface in the present study is obtained with a coating 1.0 mm thick and 247 μm average particle diameter. At 70°C this surface yielded less than 0.025 K/W evaporation thermal resistance at 93 W.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationITHERM 2002 - 8th Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems
EditorsBahgat G. Sammakia, Yogendra K. Joshi, Ganesh Subbarayan, Cristina H. Amon, Koneru Ramakrishna, Sanjeev B. Sathe
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages236-242
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)0780371526
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Event8th Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM 2002 - San Diego, United States
Duration: 30 05 200201 06 2002

Publication series

NameInterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM
Volume2002-January
ISSN (Print)1936-3958

Conference

Conference8th Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM 2002
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period30/05/0201/06/02

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© 2002 IEEE.

Keywords

  • Coatings
  • Electronics cooling
  • Heat sinks
  • Heat transfer
  • Resistance heating
  • Surface resistance
  • Temperature
  • Testing
  • Thermal conductivity
  • Thermal resistance

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