Enhanced performance of a thermal ground plane utilizing an Inorganic Aqueous Solution

摘要

In this paper, two TGPs with monoporous sintered wick structures fabricated from spherical copper particles, are studied. The TGPs used in this study are 3″ by 5″ troughs, 4.8mm in depth, made of copper. On the back side of the trough, a 1cm2 raised section, referred to as pedestal, is used as a heater interface; pedestal is subjected to heat fluxes from 50 to 250 W/cm2 and the data is recorded when steady state is achieved at each heat flux.