Accession Number:

AD1024109

Title:

A Designer Fluid for Aluminum Phase Change Devices, Vol. 1 of 3: General Inorganic Aqueous Solution (IAS) Chemistry

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,29 Jun 2015,26 Sep 2016

Corporate Author:

University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles United States

Personal Author(s):

• Yao,Qi
• Catton,Ivan

Report Date:

2016-11-17

Pagination or Media Count:

242.0

Abstract:

Research with the goal of understanding the chemistry of an Inorganic Aqueous Solution IASused as a working fluid in copper and aluminum phase change heat transfer devices, finding the advantages and limits of IAS in various heat transfer applications, and providing a general guideline of how to correctly use IAS for performance enhancement and surface passivation purposes was performed.

Descriptors:

• chemistry
• heat pipes
• Aqueous solutions
• heat transfer
• heat transfer devices
• chemical analysis
• thermal conductivity
• phase transformations
• physical properties
• liquids

Subject Categories:

• Physical Chemistry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE