Thermal Management of Next-Generation Power Electronics for the More- Electric Aircraft Initiative

摘要

The objective of this project is to determine the suitability of using a loop heat pipe with water as the working fluid as a method of dissipating heat from electronics onboard aircraft. This will be accomplished by designing an experimental apparatus to be mounted to the centrifuge table test bed in Bldg. 71B in Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The experiment will consist of a high-temperature fluid loop, and an analysis of the heat transfer from a heated plate at zero angle of attack as a function of the altitude and speed of the aircraft, and the atmospheric weather conditions. In addition, the future directions of the project are outlined.