Startup of a horizontal lithium-molybdenum heat pipe from a frozen state

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 671-685

  Tournier, Jean Michel ^a   El Genk, Mohamed S ^a  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT LOSSES; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; LITHIUM; MASS TRANSFER; MOLYBDENUM;

POROUS WICK;

HEAT PIPES;

FREEZING; HEAT TRANSFER; LITHIUM; MOLYBDENUM; PIPE;

EID: 0037291908     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(02)00324-1     Document Type: Article

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