Heat and mass transport in heat pipe wick structures

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 392-404

  Iverson, Brian D ^a   Davis, Tyler W ^a   Garimella, Suresh V ^a   North, Mark T ^b   Kang, Sukhvinder S ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Aavid Thermacore Europe Ltd   (United States)

^c Aavid Thermalloy LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATORS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; MASS TRANSFER; PORE SIZE; VAPORIZATION;

CAPILLARY LIFT; EVAPORATION RATE; WICK SURFACE;

HEAT PIPES;

EVAPORATORS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT PIPES; MASS TRANSFER; PORE SIZE; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 34248351618     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.25809     Document Type: Article

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