Investigation of startup behaviors of a loop heat pipe

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 509-518

  Zhang, Hongxing ^a,d   Lin, Guiping ^a,d   Ding, Ting ^b,e   Yao, Wei ^b,e   Shao, Xingguo ^b,e   Sudakov, R G ^c,f   Maidanik, Yu F ^c,f  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF SPACECRAFT SYSTEM ENGINEERING   (China)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d Fluid Mechanical Institute   (China)

^e Department of Thermal Control Technology of Spacecraft ^*

^f Institute of Thermal Physics Ural Branch

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); EVAPORATORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT SINKS; OSCILLATIONS;

PRESSURE TRANSFER; REVERSE FLOW EQUILIBRIUM; TEMPERATURE OSCILLATIONS; VAPOR DISTRIBUTION;

HEAT PIPES;

HEAT PIPE; START UP FLOW;

EID: 27844494169     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.12008     Document Type: Article

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