This study details the fabrication and measurements of a water-filled 5 mm wide by 10 mm long silicon microheat pipe (MHP) array consisting of square channels. This study is unique in that many experimental results reported in open literature are for single channel microheat pipes. The number of channels in the array and the fluid charge used here were optimized under a separate study. A number of experiments were carried out on the specimen MHPs to determine their effective thermal conductivity and comparisons were made with previous results found in literature. The testing methodology was designed to remove systematic biases and the array thermal performance measurements are reported in terms of a silicon equivalence by identically measuring an uncharged empty silicon array as a baseline measurement. Two separate water-filled specimens were made, independently tested, and are reported to have thermal conductivities of and , representing a silicon equivalence of 1.8 and 2.2, respectively. All testing was performed in a horizontal orientation.
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June 2010
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An Experimental Investigation in the Performance of Water-Filled Silicon Microheat Pipe Arrays
D. K. Harris,
D. K. Harris
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, 250 Ross Hall,
e-mail: harridk@auburn.edu
Auburn University
, Auburn, AL 36849
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G. Wonacott,
e-mail: gwonacott@sdcomposites.com
G. Wonacott
CEO
San Diego Composites, Inc.
, 9550 Ridgehaven Court, San Diego, CA 92123
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R. Dean,
R. Dean
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 200 Broun Hall,
e-mail: deanron@auburn.edu
Auburn University
, Auburn, AL 36849
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F. Simionescu
e-mail: florentina.simionescu@wgint.com
F. Simionescu
Engineer
URS Corporation-Washington Division
, 2 Perimeter Park South, Birmingham, AL 35243
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D. K. Harris
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, 250 Ross Hall,
Auburn University
, Auburn, AL 36849e-mail: harridk@auburn.edu
A. Palkar
Plant Maintenance Leader
G. Wonacott
CEO
San Diego Composites, Inc.
, 9550 Ridgehaven Court, San Diego, CA 92123e-mail: gwonacott@sdcomposites.com
R. Dean
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 200 Broun Hall,
Auburn University
, Auburn, AL 36849e-mail: deanron@auburn.edu
F. Simionescu
Engineer
URS Corporation-Washington Division
, 2 Perimeter Park South, Birmingham, AL 35243e-mail: florentina.simionescu@wgint.com
J. Electron. Packag. Jun 2010, 132(2): 021005 (8 pages)
Published Online: June 23, 2010
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Received:
October 9, 2009
Revised:
March 26, 2010
Online:
June 23, 2010
Published:
June 23, 2010
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Harris, D. K., Palkar, A., Wonacott, G., Dean, R., and Simionescu, F. (June 23, 2010). "An Experimental Investigation in the Performance of Water-Filled Silicon Microheat Pipe Arrays." ASME. J. Electron. Packag. June 2010; 132(2): 021005. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4001745
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