Research Developments on Improvement of Spray Cooling Performance

Abstract:

Spray cooling is considered to be one of the most promising electronic cooling methods, since it has several unique advantages such as high heat dissipation, small fluid inventory, and uniformity of heat removal. However the spray cooling performance could be further improved, which can be expressed by the combination of a better heat removal capability, a higher cooling efficiency, and the more uniform surface temperature distribution. In this paper, recent research developments on spray cooling characteristics under different working conditions are reviewed, possible approaches to improve the spray cooing performance are also proposed. Especially spray cooling systems with both enhanced surface and lower system pressure would be be full of attraction.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 588-589)
• Pages: 1735-1739
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.588-589.1735
• Online since: November 2012
• Authors: Yu Qiang Wang, Ni Liu, Xiao Jiao Xu
• Keywords: Cooling Performance, Heat Transfer Enhancement, Spray Cooling, Structured Surface

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