Operational characteristics of a miniature loop heat pipe with flat evaporator

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1504-1515

  Singh, Randeep ^a   Akbarzadeh, Aliakbar ^a   Mochizuki, Masataka ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FUJIKURA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flat evaporator; Heat transfer; LHP; Loop heat pipe; Miniature loop heat pipe; mLHP; Thermal control; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; COPPER; EVAPORATORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT PIPES; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; MOTION ESTIMATION; PIPE;

FLAT EVAPORATOR; HEAT TRANSFER; LHP; LOOP HEAT PIPE; MINIATURE LOOP HEAT PIPE; MLHP; THERMAL CONTROL; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

THERMAL LOAD;

EID: 50949095553     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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