Investigation of bi-porous wicks has yielded an effective method for increasing surface heat transfer when the heat flux is high. It was further found that addition of a mono-porous layer on the heated surface significantly reduced the heated wall surface temperature. These bi-layer wicks were designed for use in 3″×5″ heat spreading devices called Thermal Ground Planes (TGP) in order to transfer heat from a 1 cm2 source. In this work we will investigate the performance of a biporous wick with a monoporous layer in various test set-ups to show the versatility of this heat pipe-substrate. Tests were performed at UCLA and at Advanced Cooling Technologies (ACT) to investigate the wick. Experiments at UCLA were conducted in a vacuum chamber setup to isolate the performance of the wick whereas at ACT the wick lined the evaporator side of a TGP. In order to more closely simulate the operating conditions in a TGP and characterize the vapor spacing parameter, some tests at UCLA were performed with a restrictor plate above the wick similar to the space above the wick in the TGP. The data collected using both these experiments showed similar trends of performance as a function of the spacing above the wick. The motivation of this paper is then to validate that the two testing methods provide similar results while independently addressing different parameters.
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2010 14th International Heat Transfer Conference
August 8–13, 2010
Washington, DC, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Heat Transfer Division
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978-0-7918-4940-8
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Comparison of Vacuum Chamber Tested Biporous Wicks With Thermal Ground Plane Testing
Sean W. Reilly
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Sean W. Reilly
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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Ladan Amouzegar
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Ladan Amouzegar
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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Ivan Catton
Ivan Catton
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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Sean W. Reilly
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Ladan Amouzegar
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Ivan Catton
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Paper No:
IHTC14-22947, pp. 425-433; 9 pages
Published Online:
March 1, 2011
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Reilly, SW, Amouzegar, L, & Catton, I. "Comparison of Vacuum Chamber Tested Biporous Wicks With Thermal Ground Plane Testing." Proceedings of the 2010 14th International Heat Transfer Conference. 2010 14th International Heat Transfer Conference, Volume 5. Washington, DC, USA. August 8–13, 2010. pp. 425-433. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/IHTC14-22947
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