A comparison of flow boiling heat-transfer in in-line mini pin fin and plane channel flows

D.A. Mcneil (1) , A.H. Raeisi (1) , P.A. Kew (1) , P.R. Bobbili (1)

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering

The use of a boiling fluid as a coolant is an attractive option for electronic devices as electrical power densities increase. However, for systems working at the micro-scale, design methods developed for evaluating heat transfer in macro-scale evaporators are not appropriate for passages with hydraulic diameter of the order of 1mm and below.

Mots clés: Boiling; pin-fins; mini-scale; pressure drop

Domaines: Thermique [physics.class-ph]; Thermique [physics.class-ph]

D.A. Mcneil, A.H. Raeisi, P.A. Kew, P.R. Bobbili. A comparison of flow boiling heat-transfer in in-line mini pin fin and plane channel flows. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2010, 30 (16), pp.2412. ⟨10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.06.011⟩. ⟨hal-00675401⟩