Effect of Nanoparticle Coating on the Performance of a Miniature Loop Heat Pipe for Electronics Cooling Applications
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Author list: Tharayil T., Godson Asirvatham L., Rajesh S., Wongwises S.
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Publication year: 2018
Journal: Journal of Heat Transfer (0022-1481)
Volume number: 140
Issue number: 2
ISSN: 0022-1481
eISSN: 1528-8943
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
The effect of nanoparticle coating on the performance of a miniature loop heat pipe (mLHP) is experimentally investigated for heat inputs of 20-380 W using distilled water as the working fluid. Applications include the cooling of electronic devices such as circuit breaker in low voltage switch board and insulated gate bipolar transistor. Physical vapor deposition method is used to coat the nanoparticles on the evaporator surface for different coating thicknesses of 100 nm, 200 nm, 300 nm, 400 nm, and 500 nm, respectively. An optimum filling ratio (FR) of 30% is chosen for the analysis. Experimental findings show that the nanoparticle coating gives a remarkable improvement in heat transfer of the heat pipe. An average reduction of 6.7%, 11.9%, 17.2%, and 22.6% in thermal resistance is observed with coating thicknesses of 100 nm, 200 nm, 300 nm, and 400 nm, respectively. Similarly, enhancements in evaporator heat transfer coefficients of 47%, 63.5%, 73.5%, and 86% are noted for the same coating thicknesses, respectively. Evaporator wall temperature decreased by 15.4 ฐC for 380 W with a coating thickness of 400 nm. The repeatability test ensures the repeatability of experiments and the stability of coatings in the long run. ฉ 2018 by ASME.
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