Article
Experimental Investigation of an Air Microjet Array Impingement Cooling Device
Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2002
Abstract
A microjet impingement cooling device for high power electronics was constructed from silicon wafers using microelectromechnical systems fabrication techniques. The array of 221, 0.277-mm-diam jets was tested using air as the coolant for jet diameter Reynolds numbers from 4.65 x 10(2) to 1.405 x 10(3). Heat transfer and pressure drop data were obtained for a range of mass rates extending up to the point of choked How and also for variable heat fluxes. The results were compared to an existing Nusselt correlation for jet impingement arrays that was found to significantly under-predict the heat transfer. A new correlation is provided that also accounts for variable air properties.
Inclusive pages
187-192
ISBN/ISSN
0887-8722
Copyright
Copyright © 2002, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Publisher
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Disciplines
Citation Information
John E. Leland, Rengasamy Ponnappan and Kevin S. Klasing. "Experimental Investigation of an Air Microjet Array Impingement Cooling Device" Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Vol. 16 Iss. 2 (2002) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john-leland/10/
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