Flow boiling of R134a in a multi-microchannel heat sink with hotspot heaters for energy-efficient microelectronic CPU cooling applications

IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 873-883

  Madhour, Yassir ^a,b   Olivier, Jonathan ^a   Costa Patry, Etienne ^a   Paredes, Stephan ^b   Michel, Bruno ^b   Thome, John Richard ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chip cooling; computer; electronics; high heat flux; microchannels; processor; refrigerant; two phase flow boiling

Indexed keywords

CHIP COOLING; COOLANT FLOW RATES; COOLING APPLICATIONS; CPU COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENT; FLOW BOILING; HIGH HEAT FLUX; HOT SPOT; INLET SUBCOOLING; LOCAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; MASS FLOW RATE; PARALLEL MICROCHANNELS; PROCESSOR; SATURATION TEMPERATURE; TWO-PHASE FLOW BOILING;

COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROELECTRONICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; REFRIGERANTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ELECTRONIC COOLING;

EID: 83655204019     PISSN: 21563950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCPMT.2011.2123895     Document Type: Article

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