Natural convection liquid immersion cooling of a column of discrete heat sources in a vertical channel.

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Knight, Daniel L.
Date
1988-09Advisor
Joshi, Yogendra
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Natural convection from a single column of eight in-line, rectangular, flush
heat sources was examined. A vertical channel was formed by placing a movable
shroud parallel to the test surface. The experimental program consisted of temperature
measurements and flow visualizations. For a range of component power levels
and channel spacings, surface temperatures of each heat source were measured at
five locations using embedded thermocouples. The resulting steady state data was
compared with corresponding measurements for an identical geometric arrangement
of protruding heat sources. The flow visualization was carried out using a laser
generated plane of light.