Three Boiling Instability Modes in Silicon Microchannels

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Y. Wu ◽  
Ping Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Mass Flux ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Flow Mode ◽  
High Heat Flux ◽  
Pressure Oscillations ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Instability Modes ◽  
Temperature And Pressure

Depending on the heat flux, mass flux, and subcooling of inlet water, three boiling instability modes in silicon microchannels are possible. These are: the LTAF (Liquid/Two-phase Alternating Flow) mode, the CTF (Continuous Two-phase Flow) mode, and the LTVAF (Liquid/Two-phase/Vapor Alternating Flow) mode. It is found that the LTAF mode occurs at low heat flux and high mass flux, and has medium-amplitude temperature and pressure oscillations. The CTF mode appears at the medium heat flux and medium mass flux, and has small-amplitude temperature and pressure oscillations. The LTVAF mode appears at high heat flux and low mass flux, and has large-amplitude temperature and pressure oscillations. During the two-phase period of the LTAF mode, bubbly flow is found to be the dominant flow pattern. Some peculiar flow patterns are observed during the two-phase period of CTF and LTVAF modes under the experimental conditions.

A Study on High Heat Flux Heat Removal With Boiling Using Porous Microchannel

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daiki Hanzawa ◽  
Kyosuke Katsumata ◽  
Tomio Okawa
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Pore Size ◽  
Mass Flux ◽  
Pressure Loss ◽  
Heat Removal ◽  
Porous Metal ◽  
High Heat ◽  
High Mass ◽  
High Heat Flux ◽  
Small Flow

This paper reports the critical heat flux (CHF) enhancement that was observed experimentally when a porous metal was placed in a small flow channel (hereafter, this channel is called a “porous microchannel”). In the porous microchannel, the CHF value increased almost linearly with increased values of the mass flux and the inlet subcooling. In consequence, higher cooling performance was achieved under high mass flux and high inlet subcooling conditions. It was also found that considerable fluctuation of the pressure loss frequently encountered in a small heated channel disappears in the porous microchannel. It was considered that the stabilization of the pressure loss can mainly be attributed to inhibition of the formation of large bubbles. The effects of the material and the pore size of the porous metal were also investigated. Silver and nickel were selected as the porous metal material and the pore size tested was 0.2 and 0.6 mm. In the present experiments, the CHF value was not influenced significantly by the material in spite of the distinct difference of the thermal conductivity between silver and nickel, whilst it was dependent noticeably on the pore size. It was hence suggested that the CHF enhancement observed in this work was mainly caused by the complex thermal-hydraulic field formed in the porous microchannel. Preliminary results of the flow visualization performed to reveal the mechanisms of the CHF enhancement in the porous microchannel was also reported.

Convective Boiling of R-22 in a Flat Aluminum Multi-Minichannel Tube With Dh = 1.4 mm

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nae-Hyun Kim ◽  
Wang-Kyu Oh ◽  
Jung-Ho Ham ◽  
Do-Young Kim ◽  
Tae-Ryong Shin
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Mass Flux ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
High Mass ◽  
High Heat Flux ◽  
Convective Boiling ◽  
The Heat Transfer Coefficient

Convective boiling heat transfer coefficients of R-22 were obtained in a flat extruded aluminum tube with Dh = 1.41 mm. The test range covered mass flux from 100 to 600 kg/m2 s, heat flux from 5 to 15 kW/m2 and saturation temperature from 5°C to 15°C. The heat transfer coefficient curve shows a decreasing trend after a certain quality (critical quality). The critical quality decreases as the heat flux increases, and as the mass flux decreases. The early dryout at a high heat flux results in a unique ‘cross-over’ of the heat transfer coefficient curves. The heat transfer coefficient increases as the mass flux increases. At a low quality region, however, the effect of mass flux is not prominent. The heat transfer coefficient increases as the saturation temperature increases. The effect of saturation temperature, however, diminishes as the heat flux decreases. Both the Shah and the Kandlikar correlations underpredict the low mass flux and overpredict the high mass flux data.

On the Operational Parameters Effects on Two-Phase Pressure Drop Characteristics of Reentrant Copper Microchannels

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daxiang Deng ◽  
Qingsong Huang ◽  
Yanlin Xie ◽  
Wei Zhou ◽  
Xiang Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Mass Flux ◽  
Heat Sink ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
High Heat Flux ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Cooling Systems ◽  
Phase Pressure

Two-phase boiling in advanced microchannel heat sinks offers an efficient and attractive solution for heat dissipation of high-heat-flux devices. In this study, a type of reentrant copper microchannels was developed for heat sink cooling systems. It consisted of 14 parallel Ω-shaped reentrant copper microchannels with a hydraulic diameter of 781μm. Two-phase pressure drop characteristics were comprehensively accessed via flow boiling tests. Both deionized water and ethanol tests were conducted at inlet subcooling of 10°C and 40°C, mass fluxes of 125–300kg/m2·s, and a wide range of heat fluxes and vapor qualities. The effects of heat flux, mass flux, inlet subcoolings and coolants on the two-phase pressure drop were systematically explored. The results show that the two-phase pressure drop of reentrant copper microchannels generally increased with increasing heat fluxes and vapor qualities. The role of mass flux and inlet temperatures was dependent on the test coolant. The water tests presented smaller pressure drop than the ethanol ones. These results provide critical experimental information for the development of microchannel heat sink cooling systems, and are of considerable practical relevance.

Geometry Effects on Two-Phase Flow Regimes in a Diabatic Manifolded Microgap Channel

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Deisenroth ◽  
Avram Bar-Cohen ◽  
Michael Ohadi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Mass Flux ◽  
Electronics Cooling ◽  
Flow Regimes ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
High Heat Flux ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Channel Geometry ◽  
Cooling Channels

Two-phase cooling has become an increasingly attractive option for thermal management of high-heat flux electronics. Cooling channels embedded directly on the back of the heat source (chip) facilitate two-phase boiling/evaporation effectiveness, eliminating many thermal resistances generated by more traditional, remote chip-cooling approaches. Accordingly, manifold-microchannel flow paths in embedded cooling systems can allow very high heat fluxes with low junction temperatures. But, the effect of the feeding manifold design, channel geometry, and the associated shear, stagnation zones, and centripetal accelerations with varying heat flux and mass flux are not well understood. This study builds upon our previous work and elucidates effects of channel geometry, mass flux, and outlet quality on the boiling/evaporation flow regimes in a manifolded microgap channel.

Experimental Study on Two-Phase Heat Transfer of FC-72 in Microchannels Heat Sink

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Hu ◽  
Guiping Lin ◽  
Hongxing Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Mass Flux ◽  
Heat Sink ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Two Phase Heat Transfer

A closed-loop two-phase microchannels cooling system using a micro-gear pump was built in this paper. The microchannels heat sink was made of oxygen-free copper, and 14 parallel microchannels with the dimension of 0.8mm(W)×1.5mm(D)×20mm(L) were formed by electric spark drilling followed by linear cutting which separated the channels from each other. The heat transfer performance was evaluated by the fluid temperature, the pressure drop across the micro-channels and the volumetric flow rate. Experiments were performed with refrigerant FC-72 which spanned the following conditions: initial pressure of Pin = 73 kPa, mass velocity of G = 94 – 333 kg/m2s, outlet quality of xe,out = 0 – superheat and heat flux of q″= 25–140 W/cm2. The result showed that, the maximum heat flux achieved 96 W/cm2, as the heating surface temperature was kept below 85 °C and critical heat flux occurred in the condition of low flow rate. Average two-phase heat transfer coefficients increased with the heat flux at low mass flux (G = 94 and 180 kg/m2s) and all heat fluxes, high mass flux (G = 333 kg/m2s) and all heat fluxes, and moderate mass fluxes (G = 224kg/m2s) under low and moderate heat fluxes (q″<110 W/cm2 for G = 224 kg/m2s), which was a feature of nucleate boiling mechanism. Pressure drop through microchannels heat sink was found to be below 4kPa.

Convective Boiling of R-22 in a Flat Extruded Aluminum Multi-Port Tube

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nae-Hyun Kim ◽  
Young-Sup Sim ◽  
Chang-Keun Min
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Mass Flux ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
High Mass ◽  
High Heat Flux ◽  
Convective Boiling ◽  
The Heat Transfer Coefficient

Convective boiling heat transfer coefficients of R-22 were obtained in a flat extruded aluminum tube with Dh = 1.41 mm. The test range covered mass flux from 200 to 600 kg/m2 s, heat flux from 5 to 15 kW/m2 and saturation temperature from 5°C to 15°C. The heat transfer coefficient curve shows a decreasing trend after a certain quality (critical quality). The critical quality decreases as the heat flux increases, and as the mass flux decreases. The early dryout at a high heat flux results in a unique ‘cross-over’ of the heat transfer coefficient curves. The heat transfer coefficient increases as the mass flux increases. At a low quality region, however, the effect of mass flux is not prominent. The heat transfer coefficient increases as the saturation temperature increases. The effect of saturation temperature, however, diminishes as the heat flux decreases. Both the Shah and the Kandlikar correlations underpredict the low mass flux and overpredict the high mass flux data.

System Instability of Evaporative Micro-Channels

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hee Joon Lee ◽  
Shi-Chune Yao
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Liquid Phase ◽  
Mass Flux ◽  
Surface Heat Flux ◽  
Surface Heat ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Constant Flow Rate ◽  
Micro Channels

During the operation of parallel evaporative micro-channels, system instability may occur in terms of cyclical fluctuations at a long period. This is due to the co-existence of the liquid phase flow at high mass flux and the two-phase flow at a lower mass flux among different parallel channels under the same total pressure drop. For a system at constant flow-rate pumping, with a pressure regulating tank, and a constant heating pre-heater, the system may experience severe alternations between these two states of boiling and non-boiling with a period of minutes. This cyclical system instability has been modeled. In the model, the existence of the liquid phase flow happens at conditions of inlet subcooling and low surface heat flux that the boiling inception is hard to occur. Accordingly, the system instability criteria are established in terms of a System binary states parameter S and a non-dimensional surface heat flux, which is normalized with the boiling incipient heat flux. This model has been validated experimentally.

Reliable MOSFET operation using two-phase microfluidics in the presence of high heat flux transients

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 105002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiv Govind Singh ◽  
Amit Agrawal ◽  
Siddhartha P Duttagupta
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
High Heat ◽  
High Heat Flux ◽  
Two Phase
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