Spray cooling heat transfer: Technology overview and assessment of future challenges for micro-gravity application

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 453-468

  Silk, Eric A ^a   Golliher, Eric L ^b   Paneer Selvam, R ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Micro gravity; Spray cooling; Technology development

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROGRAVITY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPRAY DRYING;

HEAT FLUX REMOVAL; LASER-DIODE ARRAYS; SPRAY COOLING; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 38649094587     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.07.046     Document Type: Article

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