Experimental characterization of thermally enhanced polymer composite heat exchangers

Author

Rodgers, Peter ; Diana, Antoine ; Bojanampati, Shrinivas ; Dewinter, Sean ; Krishna, Vishal ; Gulati, Pulkit ; Eveloy, Valerie ; ElSayed, Loutfi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Pet. Inst., Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

fYear

2015

fDate

15-19 March 2015

Firstpage

208

Lastpage

215

Abstract

The latest developments in thermally enhanced polymer composite materials have opened opportunities in the design and fabrication of novel effective heat exchangers, having excellent heat transfer characteristics, chemical resistance, and both lower weight and cost compared with metallic materials. In this study, a thermally enhanced polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) polymer parallel plate cross-flow air-water heat exchanger prototype is manufactured by injection molding and experimentally characterized. The polymeric exchanger thermofluid performance is found to be comparable to that of a conventional aluminum exchanger having the same geometry, demonstrating its potential for air-liquid cooling of electronic equipment.

Keywords

composite materials; cooling; heat exchangers; heat transfer; injection moulding; polymers; PPS polymer parallel plate cross-flow air-water heat exchanger prototype; air-liquid cooling; aluminum exchanger; chemical resistance; electronic equipment; experimental characterization; heat transfer characteristic; injection molding; polymeric exchanger thermofluid performance; polyphenylene sulfide; thermally enhanced polymer composite material; Heat transfer; Polymers; Prototypes; Thermal resistance; Water heating;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Thermal Measurement, Modeling & Management Symposium (SEMI-THERM), 2015 31st

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

ISSN

1065-2221

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SEMI-THERM.2015.7100162

Filename

7100162