The CTRC is a graduated National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center, and addresses pre-competitive, longer-term research and development issues in the area of high-performance heat removal from compact spaces. The agenda for the Center is set on a yearly basis with research projects identified through a ranking by all members. Regular updates on the work are made available to members through a restricted-access web page. The Center meets twice a year to review progress and choose upcoming projects.
One of the distinctive features of CTRC is that the research agenda is set by the members—each member has a strong input in the research directions adopted. Since members are from diverse industries, beneficial cross-industry interactions are common. A product-oriented focus is maintained. Equipment manufacturers are included amongst the participants, and this facilitates a translation of research ideas and prototypes into products.
Link to the Cooling Technologies Research Center Web site
The following collection of documents represents research from the Cooling Technologies Research Center in addition to related work published by its faculty and students.
Manuscripts from 2012
Thermodynamic and Kinetic Investigation of a Chemical Reaction-Based Miniature Heat Pump, Scott M. Flueckiger, Fabien Volle, S V. Garimella, and Rajiv K. Mongia
Second-Law Analysis of Molten-Salt Thermal Energy Storage in Thermoclines, S. Flueckiger and S V. Garimella
Thermomechanical Simulation of the Solar One Thermocline Storage Tank, S. Flueckiger, Z. Yang, and S V. Garimella
Thermal Management Challenges in Telecommunication Systems and Data Centers, S V. Garimella, L.-T. Yeh, and T. Persoons
Multi-objective Optimization of Sustainable Single-Effect Water/Lithium Bromide Absorption Cycle, B. H. Gebreslassie, E. A. Groll, and S V. Garimella
Flow Regime-Based Modeling of Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Microchannel Flow Boiling, T. Harirchian and S. V. Garimella
Alternative Heat Rejection Methods for Power Plants, R. A. Leffler, C. R. Bradshaw, E. A. Groll, and S V. Garimella
Dissipative Forces in the Electrowetted Cassie-Wenzel Transition on Hydrophobic Rough Surfaces, C. P. Migliaccio and S V. Garimella
Electrical impedance-based void fraction measurement and flow regime identification in microchannel flows under adiabatic conditions, Sidharth Paranjape, Susan N. Ritchey, and S V. Garimella
Modeling and Design Optimization of Ultra-Thin Vapor Chambers for High Heat Flux Applications, R. Ranjan, J. Y. Murthy, S V. Garimella, D. H. Altman, and M. T. North
Wicking and Thermal Characteristics of Micropillared Structures for Use in Passive Heat Spreaders, R. Ranjan, A. Patel, S V. Garimella, and J. Murthy
Visualization of Vapor Formation Regimes during Capillary-Fed Boiling in Sintered-Powder Heat Pipe Wicks, J. A. Weibel and S V. Garimella
Carbon Nanotube Coatings for Enhanced Capillary-Fed Boiling from Porous Microstructures, J. A. Weibel, S. S. Kim, T. S. Fisher, and S V. Garimella
Manuscripts from 2011
A comprehensive model of a miniature-scale linear compressor for electronics cooling, Craig R. Bradshaw, Eckhard A. Groll, and S V. Garimella
Local Heat Transfer Distribution and Effect of Instabilities During Flow Boiling in a Silicon Microchannel Heat Sink, Tailian Chen and S V. Garimella
Characterization of Ultrahydrophobic Hierarchical Surfaces Fabricated Using Single-Step Fabrication Methodology, S. Dash, N. Kumari, and S V. Garimella
An Integrated Thermal and Mechanical Investigation of Molten-Salt Thermocline Energy Storage, S. Flueckiger, Z. Yang, and S V. Garimella
Boiling Heat Transfer and Flow Regimes in Microchannels – a Comprehensive Understanding, T. Harirchian and S V. Garimella
Characterization of the Heat Transfer Accompanying Electrowetting-Induced Droplet Motion, Niru Kumari and S V. Garimella
Pool Boiling Performance Comparison of Smooth and Sintered Copper Surfaces with and without Carbon Nanotubes, John P. McHale, S V. Garimella, Timothy S. Fisher, and Glen A. Powell
Measurements and Prediction of Thermal Contact Resistance across Coated Joints, C. Merrill and S V. Garimella
Temperature measurements near the contact line of an evaporating meniscus V-groove, Christopher P. Migliaccio, Hemanth K. Dhavaleswarapu, and S V. Garimella
Evaporative Heat and Mass Transfer from the Free Surface of a Liquid Wicked into a Bed of Spheres, Christopher P. Migliaccio and S V. Garimella
A microscale model for thin-film evaporation in capillary wick structures, Ram Ranjan, Jayathi Y. Murthy, and S V. Garimella
Transport in Passive, High Thermal Conductivity Heat Spreaders, R. Ranjan, S V. Garimella, and J. Y. Murthy
Assessment of Nanostructured Capillary Wicks for Passive, Two-Phase Heat Transport, R. Ranjan, S V. Garimella, J. Y. Murthy, and K. Yazawa
Numerical Investigation of Heat and Mass Transfer from an Evaporating Meniscus in a Heated Open Groove, H Wang, Z. Pan, and S V. Garimella
Design of Integrated Nanostructured Wicks for High-Performance Vapor Chambers, Justin A. Weibel, S V. Garimella, Jayathi Y. Murthy, and David H. Altman
Manuscripts from 2010
Electrical Actuation-Induced Droplet Transport on Smooth and Superhydrophobic Surfaces, V. Bahadur and S V. Garimella
Microtomography-Based Simulation of Transport Through Open-Cell Metal Foams, Karthik K. Bodla, Jayathi Y. Murthy, and S V. Garimella
Resistance network-based thermal conductivity model for metal foams, Karthik K. Bodla, Jayathi Y. Murthy, and S V. Garimella
Measurement of the Temperature Non-uniformity in a Microchannel Heat Sink Using Microscale Laser-Induced Fluorescence, P. Chamarthy, S. T. Wereley, and S V. Garimella
Simulation of Condensation in a Circular Minichannel: Application of VOF Method and Turbulence Model, E. Da Riva, E. Del Col, A. Cavallini, and Suresh V. Garimella
A Comprehensive Flow Regime Map for Microchannel Flow Boiling with Quantitative Transition Criteria, Tannaz Harirchian and S V. Garimella
Thermal Analog to AFM Force-Displacement Measurements for Nanoscale Interfacial Contact Resistance, B. D. Iverson, J. E. Blendell, and S V. Garimella
Pressure and Flow Rate Performance of Piezoelectric Fans, Mark Kimber, Kazuhiko Suzuki, Nobutaka Kitsunai, Kenichi Seki, and S V. Garimella
Analysis of Evaporating Mist Flow for Enhanced Convective Heat Transfer, N. Kumari, V. Bahadur, M. Hodes, T. Salamon, P. Kolodner, A. Lyons, and S V. Garimella
Bubble Nucleation Characteristics in Pool Boiling of a Wetting Liquid on Smooth and Rough Surfaces, John P. Mchale and S V. Garimella
Heat Transfer in Trapezoidal Microchannels of Various Aspect Ratios, John P. McHale and S V. Garimella
A numerical model for transport in flat heat pipes considering wick microstructure effects, Ram Ranjan, Jayathi Y. Murthy, S V. Garimella, and Unnikrishnan Vadakkan
Marangoni Convection and Thin-film Evaporation in Microstructured Wicks for Heat Pipes, R. Ranjan, J. Y. Murthy, and S V. Garimella
Dynamic Analysis of an Electrostatic Compressor, Abhijit. A. Sathe, Eckhard A. Groll, and S V. Garimella
Thermal Management of a Soft Starter: Transient Thermal Impedance Model and Performance Enhancements using Phase Change Materials, F. Volle, S. V. Garimella, and M. A. Juds
Characterization of Evaporation and Boiling from Sintered Powder Wicks Fed by Capillary Action, J. A. Weibel, S. V. Garimella, and M. T. North
Molten Salt Thermal Energy Storage in Thermoclines under Different Environmental Boundary Conditions, Z. Yang and S V. Garimella
Thermal Analysis of Solar Thermal Energy Storage in a Molten-Salt Thermocline, Z. Yang and S V. Garimella
Manuscripts from 2009
Analysis and Prediction of the Thermal Performance of Piezoelectrically Actuated Fans, T. Acikalin and S V. Garimella
A Composite Heat Transfer Correlation for Saturated Flow Boiling in Small Channels, S S. Bertsch, E A. Groll, and S V. Garimella
Effects of Heat Flux, Mass Flux, Vapor Quality, and Saturation Temperature on Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in Microchannels, S S. Bertsch, E A. Groll, and S V. Garimella
Nonlinear Aerodynamic Damping of Sharp-Edged Beams at Low Keulegan-Carpenter Numbers, Rahul A. Bidkar, Mark Kimber, Arvind Raman, Anil K. Bajaj, and S V. Garimella
Non-Intrusive Temperature Measurements Using Microscale Visualization Techniques, Pramod Chamarthy and S V. Garimella
Thin-Film Evaporation in an Evaporating Droplet, H. K. Dhavaleswarapu, C. P. Migliaccio, S. V. Garimella, and J. Y. Murthy
Microscale Temperature Measurements near the Triple Line of an Evaporating Thin Liquid Film, H. K. Dhavalewsarapu, S V. Garimella, and J. Y. Murthy
Microscale Thermal Transport and Electromechanical Microfluidic Actuation, S. V. Garimella and D. Liu
Direct Simulation of Ionization and Ion Transport for Planar Microscale Ion Generation Devices, D. B. Go, T S. Fisher, and S V. Garimella
Planar Microscale Ionization Devices in Atmospheric Air with Diamond-Based Electrodes, D. B. Go, T. S. Fisher, S V. Garimella, and V. Bahadur
Effects of Channel Dimension, Heat Flux, and Mass Flux on Flow Boiling Regimes in Microchannels, Tannaz Harirchian and S V. Garimella
The Critical Role of Channel Cross-Sectional Area in Microchannel Flow Boiling Heat Transfer, Tannaz Harirchian and S V. Garimella
Effects of Discrete-Electrode Configuration on Traveling-Wave Electrohydrodynamic Pumping, B D. Iverson, L Cremaschi, and S V. Garimella
Experimental Characterization of Induction Electrohydrodynamics for Integrated Microchannel Pumping, Brian D. Iverson and S V. Garimella
The Influence of Surface Roughness on Nucleate Pool Boiling Heat Transfer, B. J. Jones, J. P. McHale, and S V. Garimella
Measurement and Prediction of the Cooling Characteristics of a Generalized Vibrating Piezoelectric Fan, Mark L. Kimber and S V. Garimella
Cooling Performance of Arrays of Vibrating Cantilevers, M. L. Kimber and S V. Garimella
Experimental Study of Aerodynamic Damping in Arrays of Vibrating Cantilevers, M. L. Kimber, R. Lonergan, and S V. Garimella
Microfluidic Pumping based on Traveling-Wave Dielectrophoresis, D Liu and S V. Garimella
Analysis of the Wicking and Thin-film Evaporation Characteristics of Microstructures, R. Ranjan, J. Y. Murthy, and S V. Garimella
Optimizaion of Electrostatically Actuated Miniature Compressors for Electronics Cooling, A. A. Sathe, E. A. Groll, and S V. Garimella
Optimization of Electrostatically Actuated Miniature Compressors for Electronics Cooling, A. A. Sathe, E. A. Groll, and S V. Garimella
Experimental and Numerical Study of Melting of Particle-Laden Materials in a Cylinder, Dawei Sun, S R. Annapragada, and S V. Garimella
Rarefied Gas Flow in Microtubes at Different Inlet-Outlet Pressure Ratios, Z. Yang and S V. Garimella
Manuscripts from 2008
Permeability and Thermal Transport in Compressed Open-Celled Foams, Ravi Annapragada, S V. Garimella, and Jayathi Y. Murthy
Analysis and Suppression of Base Separation in the Casting of a Cylindrical Ingot, Ravi Annapragada, Dawei Sun, and S V. Garimella
Electrothermal Bonding of Carbon Nanotubes to Glass, Sriharsha Aradhya, S V. Garimella, and Timothy Fisher
Energy Minimization-Based Analysis of Electrowetting for Microelectronics Cooling Applications, Vaibhav Bahadur and S V. Garimella
Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in Microchannel Cold Plate Evaporators for Electronics Cooling, S. S. Bertsch, E. A. Groll, and Suresh V. Garimella
Refrigerant Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in Parallel Microchannels as a Function of Local Vapor Quality, Stefan Bertsch, Eckhard A. Groll, and S V. Garimella
Review and Comparative Analysis of Studies on Saturated Flow Boiling in Small Channels,, Stefan Bertsch, Eckhard A. Groll, and S V. Garimella
Effects of Heat Flux, Mass Flux, Vapor Quality, and Saturation Temperature on Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in Microchannels, Stefan S. Bertsch, Eckhard A. Groll, and S V. Garimella
Visualization of Convection Patterns Near an Evaporating Meniscus using micro-PIV, Pramod Chamarthy, Hemanth Dhavaleswarapu, S V. Garimella, Jayathi Y. Murthy, and Steven Wereley
Thermal Resistance Measurement across a Wick Structure using a Novel Thermosyphon Test Chamber, T. W. Davis and S V. Garimella
A Mathematical Model for Analyzing the Thermal Characteristics of a Flat Micro Heat Pipe with a Grooved Wick, K H. Do, S J. Kim, and S V. Garimella
Thermal Challenges in Next-Generation Electronic Systems, S V. Garimella, A. S. Fleisher, J. Y. Murthy, A. Keshavarzi, R. Prasher, C. Patel, S Bhavnani, R Venkatasubramanian, R Mahajan, Y Joshi, B Sammakia, B A. Myers, L Chorosinski, M Baelmans, P Sathyamurthy, and P Raad
Enhancement of External Forced Convection by Ionic Wind, David Go, Raul A. Maturana, Timothy Fisher, and S V. Garimella
Microchannel Size Effects on Local Flow Boiling Heat Transfer to a Dielectric Fluid, Tannaz Harirchian and S V. Garimella
Flow Patterns During Convective Boiling in Microchannels, T. Harirchian and S V. Garimella
Recent Advances in Microscale Pumping Technologies: A Review and Evaluation, Brian D. Iverson and S V. Garimella
Infrared Micro-Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements and Predictions of Flow Distribution in a Microchannel Heat Sink, Benjamin Jones, Poh-Seng Lee, and S V. Garimella
Simulation of Thermal Transport in Open-Cell Metal Foams: Effect of Periodic Unit Cell Structure, S. Krishnan, S V. Garimella, and J. Y. Murthy
Electrical Actuation of Dielectric Droplets, Niru Kumari, Vaibhav Bahadur, and S V. Garimella
Electrical Actuation of Electrically Conducting and Insulating Droplets using AC and DC Voltages, Niru Kumari, Vaibhav Bahadur, and S V. Garimella
Saturated Flow Boiling Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Silicon Microchannel Arrays, Poh-Seng Lee and S V. Garimella
Experimental Evaluation of a Miniature Rotary Compressor for Application in Electronics Cooling, A. A. Sathe, E. A. Groll, and Suresh V. Garimella
Analytical Model for an Electrostatically Actuated Miniature Diaphragm Compressor, Abhijit A. Sathe, Eckhard A. Groll, and S V. Garimella
Microfluidic Delivery of Small Molecules into Mammalian Cells Based on Hydrodynamic Focusing, F Wang, H Wang, J Wang, H.-Y. Wang, P L. Rummel, S V. Garimella, and C Lu
An Analytical Solution for the Total Heat Transfer in the Thin-Film Region of an Evaporating Meniscus, Hao Wang, S V. Garimella, and Jayathi Y. Murthy
Transport from a Volatile Meniscus Inside an Open Microtube, Hao Wang, Jayathi Y. Murthy, and S V. Garimella
Manuscripts from 2007
Characterization and Optimization of the Thermal Performance of Miniature Piezoelectric Fans, Tolga Acikalin, S V. Garimella, Arvind Raman, and James Petroski
Prediction of Effective Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Particulate Composites, S R. Annapragada, D Sun, and S V. Garimella
Flow Boiling Heat Transfer to a Dielectric Coolant in a Microchannel Heat Sink, T. Chen and S V. Garimella
Thermocapillary Convection Near an Evaporating Meniscus, H. K. Dhavaleswarapu, P. Chamarthy, S V. Garimella, J. Y. Murthy, and S. T. Wereley