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09-23-2009, 06:54 AM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg The new type of cooling system will be used to prevent overheating of devices called insulated gate bipolar transistors, high-power switching transistors used in hybrid and electric vehicles. (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090922123931.htm)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/ice.JPGSCIENCEDAILY (http://www.sciencedaily.com) - September 23, 2009
These days it is the really tiny innovation that is a big deal. --Ed.
Understanding precisely how fluid boils in tiny "microchannels" has led to formulas and models that will help engineers design systems to cool high-power electronics in electric and hybrid cars, aircraft, computers and other devices.
Allowing a liquid to boil in cooling systems dramatically increases how much heat can be removed, compared to simply heating a liquid to below its boiling point, said Suresh Garimella, the R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University.
However, boiling occurs differently in tiny channels than it does in ordinary size tubing used in conventional cooling systems.
"One big question has always been, where is the transition from macroscale boiling to microscale boiling?" said doctoral student Tannaz Harirchian. "How do you define a microchannel versus a macrochannel, and at what point do we need to apply different models to design systems? Now we have an answer."
Findings will be detailed in a research paper by Garimella and Harirchian and a keynote address to be presented by Garimella on Oct. 8 during the... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090922123931.htm
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/ice.JPGSCIENCEDAILY (http://www.sciencedaily.com) - September 23, 2009
These days it is the really tiny innovation that is a big deal. --Ed.
Understanding precisely how fluid boils in tiny "microchannels" has led to formulas and models that will help engineers design systems to cool high-power electronics in electric and hybrid cars, aircraft, computers and other devices.
Allowing a liquid to boil in cooling systems dramatically increases how much heat can be removed, compared to simply heating a liquid to below its boiling point, said Suresh Garimella, the R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University.
However, boiling occurs differently in tiny channels than it does in ordinary size tubing used in conventional cooling systems.
"One big question has always been, where is the transition from macroscale boiling to microscale boiling?" said doctoral student Tannaz Harirchian. "How do you define a microchannel versus a macrochannel, and at what point do we need to apply different models to design systems? Now we have an answer."
Findings will be detailed in a research paper by Garimella and Harirchian and a keynote address to be presented by Garimella on Oct. 8 during the... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090922123931.htm