On the fill charge and the sensitivity analysis of a V-shaped micro heat pipe

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3041-3054

  Suman, Balram ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Fill charge; Grooved heat pipe; Sensitivity analysis; Transient modeling

Indexed keywords

FILL CHARGE; GROOVED HEAT PIPES; TRANSIENT MODELING;

COOLANTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRAVITATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

HEAT PIPES;

COOLANTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRAVITATION; HEAT PIPES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748552059     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10941     Document Type: Article

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