dc.contributor.author | Cherom Kheirabadi, Ali | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-12-14T18:40:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-12-14T18:40:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-12-14T18:40:17Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/72579 | |
dc.description.abstract | The objective of this project was to design and experimentally evaluate a thermal contact liquid cooling system for military applications. The proposed system replaces fluidic connectors found in conventional water cooling systems with a thermal contact heat exchanger. This approach enhances reliability by eliminating leakage risks; however, it also undermines thermal performance by adding thermally resistive heat transfer interfaces. Experiments were conducted to quantify the downgraded thermal performance and to establish whether it is a viable trade-off for enhanced reliability. An experimental setup was constructed in order to simulate heat generation by a single processor. Results showed that the proposed system requires inlet water as warm as 53.2 ºC at a maximum heat load of 300 W. For comparison, it was also shown that a conventional water cooling system would incur refrigeration cost savings of 30 % relative to the proposed system at ambient temperatures sufficiently higher than 50 ºC. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | Heat Transfer | en_US |
dc.subject | Microchannel Heatsink | en_US |
dc.subject | Military Electronics | en_US |
dc.subject | Electronics Cooling | en_US |
dc.subject | Electronic apparatus and appliances--Cooling | |
dc.subject | Heat--Transmission. | |
dc.title | Design of a Thermal Contact Liquid Cooling System for Military Server Electronics | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2016-11-28 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Applied Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | n/a | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Dr. Dominic Groulx | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Robert Bauer | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Kamal El-Sankary | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Dominic Groulx | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |