Experimental Investigation of Single-Phase Microjet Array Heat Transfer

Abstract

The heat transfer performance of two microjet arrays was investigated using degassed deionized water and air. The inline jet arrays had diameters of 54 μm and 112 μm, a spacing of 250 μm, a standoff of 200 μm (S/d=2.2 and 4.6, H/d=1.8 and 3.7), and jet-to-heater area ratios from 0.036 to 0.16. Average heat transfer coefficients with deionized water were obtained for 150≤Red≤3300 and ranged from 80,000 W/m2 K to 414,000 W/m2 K. A heat flux of 1110 W/cm2 was attained with 23°C inlet water and an average surface temperature of 50°C. The Reynolds number range for the same arrays with air was 300≤Red≤4900 with average heat transfer coefficients of 2500 W/m2 K to 15,000 W/m2 K. The effect of the Mach number on the area-averaged Nusselt number was found to be negligible. The data were compared with available correlations for submerged jet array heat transfer.