| In this work, a testing apparatus was manufactured, tested, and analyzed for a microscale heat exchanger. The device simulated the heat transfer from a computer chip by means of a single phase microscale heat exchanger. Water was used as the cooling fluid for a range of volume flow rates. The motivation of this thesis was to develop the concept of liquid cooled microprocessor chips. Faculty at Michigan State University developed and manufactured a microscale heat exchanger from a zirconia composite. The microscale heat exchangers performance was analyzed with the aid of the testing apparatus built in this work. A mathematical model was also utilized to validate the experiment and testing device. |
