Avram Bar-Cohen

TL;DR: A review of the history of polymer heat exchangers and the technical limitations that have motivated much of the research on this technology can be found in this paper, where the authors discuss the notable developments that have taken place in the last decade and primary potential applications for polymers, including solar water heaters, heat recovery systems, and seawater heat exchanger, in particular for the desalination industry.

TL;DR: The state-of-the-art in air and liquid-cooled multichip modules is examined in this paper, where the salient features of eight distinct modules, defined their thermal characteristics and established a consistent basis for comparing and evaluating their thermal performance.

TL;DR: In this article, a detailed analysis of microchannel/microgap heat transfer data for two-phase flow of refrigerants and dielectric liquids, gathered from the open literature and sorted by the Taitel and Dukler flow regime mapping methodology, is performed.

TL;DR: Experimental data indicate that the relations developed are capable not only of accurately describing the chip temperature for a variety of thermal management strategies, but also of highlighting the impact of specific thermal design features.

TL;DR: In this paper, experiments on pool boiling heat transfer in saturated R-113 at 1 atm pressure were conducted to investigate anomalies associated with the initiation of boiling using horizontal, 0.13 mm diameter chromel wires and a 0.51 mm diameter, platinum thin-film heater.