Recent studies have shown that thermophotovoltaic (TPV) technology is a promising source of high power density generation. Enhanced TPV systems can theoretically provide power densities of up to 100 W/cm2. The inherent ineffiencies in the system dictate that up to 90% of that energy is not converted to electrical power, and must be removed as waste heat to ensure that the components are maintained at a reasonable operating temperature. The present study addresses this issue by investigating the suitability of using spray cooling techniques to remove heat generated by power densities of up to 100 W/cm2. A simple, scaleable experiment was designed using low-cost commercially available components to study the effects that spray mass flux and droplet size have on the heat removal capacity of the system. A series of nozzles were used so that mass flux and droplet size could be studied independently, giving high resolution to the data so that predictive correlations could be developed over the range of parameters varied in the study. / US Naval Reserve (USNR) author.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nps.edu/oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/1005 |
| Date | 06 1900 |
| Creators | Cryer, Matthew A. |
| Contributors | Gopinath, Ashok, Mechanical Engineering |
| Publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School |
| Source Sets | Naval Postgraduate School |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | xvi, 43 p. : ill. (some col.) ;, application/pdf |
| Rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. As such, it is in the public domain, and under the provisions of Title 17, United States Code, Section 105, may not be copyrighted. |
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