Abstract: The increasing integration of high performance processors and dense circuits in current computing devices has produced high heat flux in localized areas (hot spots), which limits their performance and reliability. To control ...

Abstract: A variety of predictive correlations for critical heat flux (CHF) are examined in light of the growing body of work exploring enhanced flow boiling CHF via crosssectional expansion. The analysis considers the effect of a ...

Abstract: Photovoltaic (PV) panels are commonly used for on-site generation of electricity in urban environments, specifically on rooftops. However, their implementation on rooftops poses potential (positive and negative) impacts ...

Abstract: Nanoparticle suspensions are known to offer a variety of benefits for thermal transport and energy conversion. Of particular relevance here are the vast changes to the radiative properties due to the plasmonic nanostructures' ...

Abstract: The pressure effects of expanding the cross section of microchannels along the direction of flow are investigated across four rates of channel expansion in the flow boiling of R134a. Prior investigation by the authors ...

Abstract: A simple energy balance model is created for use in developing mitigation strategies for the urban heat island effect. The model is initially applied to the city of Phoenix, Arizona. There are six primary contributions to ...

Abstract: Continuous, laserheated boiling heat transfer experiments with silver nanofluids were conducted to identify the nonequilibrium melting behavior of silver nanoparticles in deionized (DI) water. Experimental results with ...

Abstract: The effect of an expanding microchannel crosssection on flow boiling critical heat flux (CHF) is experimentally investigated across four rates of expansion. A pumpedloop apparatus is developed to boil R134a in an array of ...

Abstract: This study discusses the simulation of flow boiling in a microchannel and numerically predicts the effects of channel geometry variation along the flow direction. Experimental studies by Pan and collaborators and suggestions ...

Abstract: Since it is highly correlated with quality of life, the demand for energy continues to increase as the global population grows and modernizes. Although there has been significant impetus to move away from reliance on fossil ...