ISSN Online: 2377-424X
ISBN Print: 1-56032-797-9
International Heat Transfer Conference 11
PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF A TWO-PHASE COLD PLATE CONTAINING MINI-CHANNELS AND POROUS METALLIC FOAM
Аннотация
Performance characteristics were experimentally determined for convective boiling of methanol in an aluminum cold plate. The cold plate was developed to cool electronics for phased-array radars in defense systems applications. The internal geometry tested was parallel flow with mini-channels and porous aluminum foam inlet and outlet headers. Two-phase pressure drop, average heat transfer coefficient, and sold plate surface temperatures were determined for volume flow rates ranging from 50 to 320 ml/min, equilibrium inlet qualities ranging from −0.1 to +0.4, and a fixed input heat flux.