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Spray Cooling as a High-Efficient Thermal Management Solution: A Review

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  • Jing Yin

    (State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
    Jing Yin and Shangming Wang contributed equally to this work and should be considered as co-first authors.)

  • Shangming Wang

    (State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
    Jing Yin and Shangming Wang contributed equally to this work and should be considered as co-first authors.)

  • Xuehao Sang

    (State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

  • Zhifu Zhou

    (State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

  • Bin Chen

    (State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

  • Panidis Thrassos

    (Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics Department, University of Patras, 26504 Rio Patras, Greece)

  • Alexandros Romeos

    (Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics Department, University of Patras, 26504 Rio Patras, Greece)

  • Athanasios Giannadakis

    (Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics Department, University of Patras, 26504 Rio Patras, Greece)

Abstract

As one of the most promising thermal management solutions, spray cooling has the advantages of high heat-transfer coefficient and maintaining a low temperature of the cooling surface. By summarizing the influential factors and practical applications of spray cooling, the current challenges and bottlenecks were indicated so as to prompt its potential applications in the future. Firstly, this paper reviewed the heat-transfer mechanism of spray cooling and found that spray cooling is more advantageous for heat dissipation in high-power electronic devices by comparing it with other cooling techniques. Secondly, the latest experimental studies on spray cooling were reviewed in detail, especially the effects of spray parameters, types of working fluid, surface modification, and environmental parameters on the performance of cooling system. Afterwards, the configuration and design of the spray cooling system, as well as its applications in the actual industry (data centers, hybrid electric vehicles, and so on) were enumerated and summarized. Finally, the scientific challenges and technical bottlenecks encountered in the theoretical research and industrial application of spray cooling technology were discussed, and the direction of future efforts were reasonably speculated.

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  • Jing Yin & Shangming Wang & Xuehao Sang & Zhifu Zhou & Bin Chen & Panidis Thrassos & Alexandros Romeos & Athanasios Giannadakis, 2022. "Spray Cooling as a High-Efficient Thermal Management Solution: A Review," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(22), pages 1-29, November.
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