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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
Volume 58, Issue 1-2, Pages 300-311Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.11.015
Keywords
Thin-film; Evaporation; Membrane distillation; Electronic cooling; Evaporative cooling; Phase-change cooling
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- Interconnect Focus Center
- Focus Center Research Program
- DARPA
- Semiconductor Research Corporation program
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Thin liquid films can provide efficient means for heat and mass transfer by supporting a large rate of evaporation, while maintaining temperatures under saturation conditions. The use of nanoporous membranes establishes thin liquid films minimizing the possibility of dryout by exploiting capillary confinement of the fluid. In combination with gas jet impingement, this yields record high heat and mass fluxes. Consequently, for applications relying on efficient heat and mass transfer, such as, phase change cooling of electronics and membrane distillation of water, it is essential to identify and characterize all the underlying transport mechanisms affecting overall performance. A detailed computational analysis of heat and mass transfer is therefore carried out to predict the performance of thin film evaporation. Heat conduction and convection are both found crucial in determining the temperature distribution within the thin film region, which ultimately controls the rate of evaporation from the liquid-vapor interface. Furthermore, the effect of vapor transport from the liquid-vapor interface on overall performance is also assessed. The relative effects of these performance-governing parameters are discussed and quantitatively compared at different operating conditions. The results of the computational analysis are supported by comparison with experiments. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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