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Thermosiphon

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Near-junction microfluidic cooling for high power-density GaN-on-Si electronics: A wafer, device, packaging, and system-level investigation

Remco Franciscus Peter van Erp

Electrification of the energy section, from generation to end-use, plays an essential role in reducing global CO2 emission. Innovations in power electronics are required to increase conversion efficiency and power density. Gallium nitride (GaN) transistors ...

EPFL2022

Density currents driven by differential cooling in lakes: occurrence, dynamics and implications for littoral-pelagic exchange

Tomy Doda

Cross-shore flows exchange water laterally in lakes, with ecological implications for the ecosystem. One example is the convective circulation induced by differential cooling, also known as the thermal siphon. This lateral flow forms when the sloping sides ...

EPFL2022

Compact Thermosyphon Cooling System For High Heat Flux Servers: Validation Of Thermosyphon Simulation Code Considering New Test Data

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Raffaele Luca Amalfi, Filippo Cataldo

Passive, gravity-driven thermosyphons represent a stepchange in technology towards the goal of greatly reducing PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) of datacenters by replacing energy hungry fans of air-cooling approach with a highly-reliable solution able to d ...

AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS2021

Operational Map And Thermal Performance Of A Thermosyphon Cooling System For Compact Servers

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Raffaele Luca Amalfi, Filippo Cataldo

This paper advances the state-of-the-art in novel passive two-phase systems for more efficient cooling of datacenters and telecom central offices compared to the traditional air-based cooling solutions (e.g. aisle-based containment systems). The proposed p ...

AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS2021

Development of overturning circulation in sloping waterbodies due to surface cooling

Alfred Johny Wüest, Damien Bouffard, Hugo Nicolás Ulloa Sánchez, Tomy Doda

Cooling the surface of freshwater bodies, whose temperatures are above the temperature of maximum density, can generate differential cooling between shallow and deep regions. When surface cooling occurs over a long enough period, the thermally induced cros ...

Cambridge University Press2021

Design Of Passive Two-Phase Thermosyphons For Server Cooling

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Raffaele Luca Amalfi, Filippo Cataldo

The main objective of this paper is to utilize an improved version of the simulator presented at InterPACK 2017 to design a thermosyphon system for energy-efficient heat removal from 2-U servers used in high-power datacenters. Currently, between 25% and 45 ...

AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS2020

Sulfuric acid condensation sink calculated for the Arctic Ocean 2018 expedition

Julia Schmale, Andrea Baccarini, Nasser Arbabi

The condensation sink is a measure of the sulfuric acid lifetime against condensation on preexisting aerosol particles. Dimensionally it is the inverse of a time (reported in per second) and it is calculated starting from the aerosol size distribution. A l ...

2020

Multi-Objective Management of Multiprocessor Systems: From Heuristics to Reinforcement Learning

Arman Iranfar

In my thesis, I reveal several already-existing and emerging challenges in multi-objective management of multiprocessor systems, and address them through novel solutions, from heuristics to RL, depending on the complexity of the problem. Conventional multi ...

EPFL2020

Experimental Performance of Completely Passive Single and Recirculating Loop Thermosyphon Cooling Systems using Low GWP R1234ze and R1234yf

John Richard Thome

This paper proposes a novel concept for a loop thermosyphon cooling system, designed for the transistor module of a transformer. The thermosyphon uses a free convection cooled condenser, making the system completely passive, i.e. no energy consumption is n ...

IEEE2019

Experimental Characterization of Different Condenser Technologies in a Passive Two-Phase Cooling System for Thermal Management of Electronics

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Raffaele Luca Amalfi, Chiara Falsetti

Passive two-phase, micro-channel cooling for thermal management of electronics represents an efficient and viable solution to augment conventional air-cooling systems with the potential for higher power dissipation densities, increased reliability, reduced ...

IEEE2019

Enhancing Two-Phase Cooling Efficiency through Thermal- Aware Workload Mapping for Power-Hungry Servers

David Atienza Alonso, Marina Zapater Sancho, Arman Iranfar, Ali Pahlevan

The power density and, consequently, power hungriness of server processors is growing by the day. Traditional air cooling systems fail to cope with such high heat densities, whereas single-phase liquid-cooling still requires high mass flowrate, high pumpin ...

IEEE and ACM Press2019

A manifold microchannel heat sink for ultra-high power density liquid-cooled converters

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Remco Franciscus Peter van Erp, Georgios Kampitsis

Increase in heat fluxes as a result of the miniaturization of power electronics demands new thermal management solutions such as liquid cooling, because of its high heat extraction capabilities. This work describes a new silicon-based heat sink that takes ...

IEEE2019

Numerical investigation of the convection heat transfer driven by airflows in underground tunnels

Lyesse Laloui, Alessandro Francesco Rotta Loria, Margaux Marie Valérie Peltier

This study presents a fundamental investigation of the convection heat transfer phenomenon driven by airflows in underground tunnels, with reference to the development of the so-called thermal and velocity boundary layers. The purpose of the work is to exp ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2019

Experimental characterisation of the thermohydraulic performance of a micro-pin fin evaporator: Heat transfer, flow visualization and modelling

Chiara Falsetti

The global tendency towards miniaturization driven by the microelectronics industry is pushing system density and packaging towards unprecedented values of thermal design power, with a dramatic reduction of the surface area of the devices. Vertical integra ...

EPFL2018

Role Of A Liquid Accumulator In A Passive Two-Phase Liquid Cooling System For Electronics: Experimental Analysis

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Raffaele Luca Amalfi, Nicolas Lamaison

Gravity-driven two-phase liquid cooling systems using flow boiling within micro-scale evaporators are becoming a game changing solution for electronics cooling. The optimization of the system's filling ratio can however become a challenging problem for a s ...

Amer Soc Mechanical Engineers2017

Experimental evaluation of the thermal performances of a thermosyphon cooling system rejecting heat by natural and forced convection

John Richard Thome, Filippo Cataldo

In the present paper, a closed-loop thermosyphon cooling system for power electronics has been developed and tested. The evaporator is a multi-microchannel heat sink designed for high heat fluxes. The power electronics module is emulated by four independen ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2017

Two-Phase Mini-Thermosyphon Electronics Cooling, Part 3: Transient Modeling and Experimental Validation

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Nicolas Lamaison, Chin Lee Ong

This paper is the third part of the present study on two-phase mini-thermosyphon cooling systems. As mentioned in the first two parts, gravity-driven cooling systems using microchannel flow boiling are a very promising long-term viable solution for electro ...

Ieee2016

Two-Phase Mini-Thermosyphon Electronics Cooling, Part 1: Experimental Investigation

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Nicolas Lamaison, Chin Lee Ong

Efficient, small, state-of-the-art passive cooling two-phase systems, i.e. advanced micro-thermosyphon cooling systems, are viable solutions for high performance datacenter servers and power electronics cooling applications. The objective of this study is ...

Ieee2016

Two-Phase Mini-Thermosyphon Electronics Cooling, Part 2: Model and Steady-State Validations

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Nicolas Lamaison, Chin Lee Ong

In the present study, a simulation code specifically developed to evaluate the thermal-hydraulic performance of thermosyphon cooling loops is validated through the experimental results obtained in the Part 1. It considers levels of heat load conventionally ...

Ieee2016

High resolution infrared measurements of single-phase flow of R245fa and R236fa within a compact plate heat exchanger, Part 1: Experimental setup and pressure drop results

John Richard Thome, Raffaele Luca Amalfi

This two-part paper presents experimental work to characterize thermal and hydraulic performances of a compact plate heat exchanger. Upward single-phase heat transfer and pressure drop of low pressure, liquid refrigerants R245fa and R236fa was investigated ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2016