Advanced Hybrid Cooling Loop Technology for High Performance Thermal Management
Abstract
Advanced hybrid cooling loop technology has been developed for the high performance cooling systems for such as U.S. Army next generation vehicles, "Future Combat System (FCS)" and Directed Energy Weapons (DEW), high power Solid State Laser Systems. The hybrid cooling loop combines the active liquid pumping with the passive capillary liquid management in the sintered wick structure of the evaporator and its liquid/vapor separation. The prototype hybrid cooling loop using planar evaporator design was tested to be capable of managing up to 4kW cooling load which is equivalent to the heat flux up to 30W/cm2 over the cooling surface area of 135cm2 (=7.6cmx17.8cm). From the temperature results, however, much higher heat flux conditions are very likely to be achieved. The measured boiling thermal resistance was as low as 0.16 deg C-cm2/W and remained relatively constant during heat load variations except cold start conditions. This paper discusses the operating principle of the hybrid cooling loop with single evaporator and presents the test results under various power cycles. The results represent major improvements over the state-of-art heat pipes, loop heat pipes and two-phase spray and jet impingement cooling devices in terms of heat flux, cooling surface area and design simplicity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA505764
Entities
People
- Aparna Vallury
- Chanwoo Park
- Jeffrey Perez
Organizations
- United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center