Natural Convection Liquid Immersion Cooling of a Column of Discrete Heat Sources in a Vertical Channel

Abstract

Natural convection from a single column of eight in-line, rectangular, flush heat sources was examined. A vertical channel was formed by placing a movable shroud parallel to the test surface. The experimental program consisted of temperature measurements and flow visualizations. For a range of component power levels and channel spacings, surface temperatures of each heat source were measured at five locations using embedded thermocouples. The resulting steady state data was compared with corresponding measurements for an identical geometric arrangement of protruding heat sources. The flow visualization was carried out using a laser generated plane of light. Keywords: Convective flow, Thermal transport, Flow visualization, Theses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA201676

Entities

People

  • Daniel L. Knight

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Cameras
  • Circuit Boards
  • Electronic Circuits
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Engineering
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Flow
  • Geometry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Liquid Cooling
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Reliability
  • Steady Flow
  • Steady State
  • Surface Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster