Analysis of screen wick heat pipes, including capillary dry-out limitations

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 475-486

  Rice, Jeremy ^a,b   Faghri, Amir ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Applied Thermal Technologies LLC   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; HEAT SINKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HEATING LOAD; SCREEN WICK;

HEAT PIPES;

CAPILLARITY; HEAT PIPES; HEAT SINKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 34547740562     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.24809     Document Type: Article

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