In recent years, high-heat-flux cooling techniques have received great attention from researchers around the world due to its importance in thermal management of both commercial and defense high-power electronic devices. Although impressive progress has been made during the last few decades, high-heat-flux removal still largely remains as a challenging subject that needs further exploration and study. In this paper, we have reviewed recent developments in several high-heat-flux heat removal techniques, including microchannels, jet impingements, sprays, wettability effects, and piezoelectrically driven droplets. High-heat-flux removal can be achieved effectively by either single-phase flow or two-phase flow boiling heat transfer. Better understandings of the underlying heat transfer mechanisms for performance improvement are discussed.
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A Review of High-Heat-Flux Heat Removal Technologies
M. A. Ebadian,
M. A. Ebadian
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Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering,
e-mail: Ebadian@fiu.edu
Florida International University
, Miami, FL 33199
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C. X. Lin
C. X. Lin
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering,
The University of Tennessee
, Knoxville, TN 37996
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M. A. Ebadian
Professor
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering,
Florida International University
, Miami, FL 33199e-mail: Ebadian@fiu.edu
C. X. Lin
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering,
The University of Tennessee
, Knoxville, TN 37996J. Heat Transfer. Nov 2011, 133(11): 110801 (11 pages)
Published Online: September 2, 2011
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September 2, 2011
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September 2, 2011
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Ebadian, M. A., and Lin, C. X. (September 2, 2011). "A Review of High-Heat-Flux Heat Removal Technologies." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. November 2011; 133(11): 110801. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4004340
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