Experimental investigation of a novel asymmetric heat spreader with nanostructure surfaces

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 197-204

  Sun, Zhen ^a   Chen, Xiaodan ^a   Qiu, Huihe ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asymmetric heat spreader; Nanostructure surface; Superhydrophobic surface; Temperature uniformity

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT SPREADERS; HIGH-POWER ELECTRONIC DEVICES; HORIZONTAL RESISTANCE; NANOSTRUCTURE SURFACE; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY; VERTICAL RESISTANCE;

CONDENSATION; COPPER POWDER; DROPS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; HEAT FLUX; HEATING EQUIPMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; SINTERING;

VAPORS;

EID: 84888201821     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Jia W., Qiu H.-H. Experimental investigation of droplet dynamics and heat transfer in spray cooling. Exp. Ther. Fluid Sci. 2003, 27:829-838.
2. Li C., Peterson G.P., Wang Y. Evaporation/boiling in thin capillary wicks - wick thickness effects. ASME J. Heat Transf. 2006, 128:1312-1319.
3. Li C., Peterson G.P. Evaporation/boiling in thin capillary wicks-effects of volumetric porosity and mesh size. ASME J. Heat Transf. 2006, 128:1320-1328.
4. Wang H., Garimella S.V., Murthy J.Y. Characteristics of an evaporating thin film in a microchannel. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 2007, 50:3933-3942.
5. Wang J., Catton I. Enhanced evaporation heat transfer in triangular grooves covered with a thin fine porous layer. Appl. Therm. Eng. 2001, 21:1721-1737.
6. Mughal M.P., Plumb O.A. An experimental study of boiling on a wicked surface. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 1996, 39:771-777.
7. Abhat A., Seban R.A. Boiling and evaporation from heat pipe wicks with water and acetone. J. Heat Transfer 1974, 96:331-337.
8. Nakayama W., Daikoku T., Kuwahara H., Nakajima T. Dynamic model of enhanced boiling heat transfer in porous surfaces Part 1: Experimental investigation. J. Heat Transfer 1980, 102:445-450.
9. Iverson B.D., Davis T.W., Garimella S.V., North M.T. Heat and mass transport in heat pipe wick structures. J. Thermophys. Heat Transfer 2007, 21:392-404.
10. Liter S.G., Kaviany M. Pool-boiling CHF enhancement by modulated porous-layer coating: theory and experiment. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 2001, 44:4287-4311.
11. Ranjan R., Murthy J.Y., Garimella S.V. Analysis of the wicking and thin-film evaporation characteristics of wick microstructures. ASME J. Heat Transf. 2009, 131(10):101001.
12. Weibel J.A., Garimella S.V., North M.T. Characterization of evaporation and boiling from sintered powder wicks fed by capillary action. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 2010, 53(19-20):4204-4215.
13. Ranjan R., Murthy J.Y., Garimella S.V. A microscale model for thin-film evaporation in capillary wick structures. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 2011, 54(1-3):169-179.
14. Ranjan R., Murthy J.Y., Garimella S.V., Vadakkan U. A numerical model for transport in flat heat pipes considering wick microstructure effects. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 2011, 54(1-3):153-168.
15. Ranjan R., Garimella S.V., Murthy J.Y., Yazawa K. Assessment of nanostructured capillary wicks for passive, two-phase heat transport. Nanoscale Microscale Thermophys. Eng. 2011, 15(3):179-194.
16. Xiao R., Enright R., Wang E.N. Prediction and optimization of liquid propagation in micropillar arrays. Langmuir 2010, 26(19):15070-15075.
17. Cui H.H., Lim K.M. Pillar array microtraps with negative dielectrophoresis. Langmuir 2009, 25(6):3336.
18. Ranjan Ram, Patel Abhijeet, Garimella Suresh V., Murthy Jayathi Y. Wicking and thermal characteristics of micropillared structures for use in passive heat spreaders. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 2012, 55:586-596.
19. Zhou Jijie J, Noca Flavio, Gharib Morteza "Flow conveying and diagnosis with carbon nanotube arrays. Nanotechnology 2006, 17(19):4845-4853.
20. Cai Qingjun, Chen Chung-Lung Design and test of carbon nanotube biwick structure for high-heat-flux phase change heat transfer. J. Heat Transf. 2010, 132(5):052403-1-052403-8.
21. Weibel Justin A., Garimella Suresh V., Murthy Jayathi Y., Altman David H. Design of integrated nanostructured wicks for high-performance vapor chambers. IEEE Trans. Components Packaging Manuf. Technol. 2011, 1(6):859-867.
22. Mitsuo Hashimoto, Hiroto Kasai, Kazuma Usami, Hiroyuki Ryoson, Kazuaki Yazawa, Justin A. Weibel, Suresh V. Garimella, Nano-structured two-phase heat spreader for cooling ultra-high heat flux sources, in: Proceedings of the 14th International Heat Transfer Conference, Washington, DC, USA, August 2010.
23. Wong Shwin-Chung, Hsieh Kuo-Chun, Jia-Da Wu, Han Wei-Lun A novel vapor chamber and its performance. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 2010, 53:2377-2384.
24. Betz Amy Rachel, Xu Jie, Qiu Huihe, Attinger Daniel Do surfaces with mixed hydrophilic and hydrophobic areas enhance pool boiling?. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2010, 97:141909-1-141909-3.
25. Z. Sun, X.D. Chen, H.-H. Qiu, Nanostructure patterned heat spreader for thermal management of high-power LEDs, in: International Conference on Electronic Packaging Technology & High Density Packaging (ICEPT-HDP), August 13-16, Guilin, China, 2012.
26. Zhang Xia, Guo Yong-Gang, Liu Wei-Min, Hao Jing-Cheng CuO three-dimensional flowerlike nanostructures: controlled synthesis and characterization. J. Appl. Phys. 2008, 103:114304-1-114304-5.
27. Chen Ye-Shu, Chien Kuo-Hsiang, Huan Wang Tzu-Chen, Ferng Yuh-Ming, Pei Bau-Shei Numerical simulation of a heat sink embedded with a vapor chamber and calculation of effective thermal conductivity of a vapor chamber. Appl. Therm. Eng. 2009, 29:2655-2664.