Prediction of the temperature field in flat plate heat pipes with micro-grooves - Experimental validation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 15-16, 2008, Pages 4083-4094

  Lefèvre, Frédéric ^a   Rullière, Romuald ^a   Pandraud, Guillaume ^a   Lallemand, Monique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Flat plate heat pipe; Heat transport capability; Meniscus curvature; Micro grooves; Thermal resistance; Two phase heat spreader

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT PIPES; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUIDS; MEASUREMENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PIPE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); VAPOR PRESSURE;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; CURVATURE RADIUS; ELSEVIER (CO); EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FLAT PLATES; FLOW MODELLING; HEAT SOURCING; HEAT TRANSPORT CAPABILITY; IN ORDER; MICRO-GROOVES; MODEL RESULTS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PIPE DIMENSIONS; PIPE WALLS; TEMPERATURE FIELDS; VAPOUR PRESSURES;

MODAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 45449097494     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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