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Spray characteristics and spray cooling heat transfer in the non-boiling regime

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  • Cheng, Wen-Long
  • Han, Feng-Yun
  • Liu, Qi-Nie
  • Fan, Han-Lin

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Spray cooling is an effective method for dissipating high heat fluxes in the field of electronics thermal control. In this study, experiments were performed with distilled water as a test liquid to study the spray cooling heat transfer in non-boiling regime. A Phase Doppler Anemometry (PDA) was used to study the spray characteristics. The effects of spray flow rate, spray height, and inlet temperature on spray cooling heat transfer were investigated. It was found that the parameters affect heat transfer of spray cooling in non-boiling regime by the spray characteristics and working fluid thermophysical properties. Then the corresponding droplet axial velocity and Sauter mean diameter (SMD) were successfully correlated with mean absolute error of 15%, which were based upon the orifice diameter, the Weber and Reynolds numbers of the orifice flow prior to liquid breakup, dimensionless spray height and spray cross-section radius. The heat transfer in non-boiling regime was correlated with a mean absolute error of 7%, which was mainly associated with the working fluid thermophysical properties, the Weber and Reynolds numbers hitting the heating surface, dimensionless heating surface temperature and diameter.

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  • Cheng, Wen-Long & Han, Feng-Yun & Liu, Qi-Nie & Fan, Han-Lin, 2011. "Spray characteristics and spray cooling heat transfer in the non-boiling regime," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(5), pages 3399-3405.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:36:y:2011:i:5:p:3399-3405
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.03.039
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    1. Cheng, Wen-Long & Han, Feng-Yun & Liu, Qi-Nie & Zhao, Rui & Fan, Han-lin, 2011. "Experimental and theoretical investigation of surface temperature non-uniformity of spray cooling," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(1), pages 249-257.
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