Optimization of mass transport in integrated nanostructured wicking surfaces for the reduction of evaporative thermal resistance

2010 12th IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Weibel, Justin A ^a   Garimella, Suresh V ^a   Murthy, Jayathi Y ^a   Altman, David H ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube (CNT); Evaporation; Heat pipe; Nanostructured wicks; Sintered powder wick; Thermal resistance; Vapor chamber

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PRESSURES; CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAY; COOLING APPLICATIONS; CURRENT OPTIMIZATION; DENSE ARRAYS; FLUID FLOW; FLUID TRANSPORT; HEAT INPUT; LOW PERMEABILITY; MASS TRANSPORT; NANO-STRUCTURED; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PASSIVE PHASE; SINTERED MATERIALS; SINTERED POWDERS; THERMAL RESISTANCE; VAPOR CHAMBER; WEDGE ANGLE; WICK MATERIALS; WICKING;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; EVAPORATORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT PIPES; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SINTERING; THERMAL EVAPORATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VAPORS;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

EID: 77955225283     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITHERM.2010.5501322     Document Type: Conference Paper

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