Heat transfer analysis of a loop heat pipe with biporous wicks

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 19-20, 2009, Pages 4426-4434

  Yeh, Chien Chih ^a   Chen, Chun Nan ^a   Chen, Yau Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biporous wick; Evaporative heat transfer; Loop heat pipe; Monoporous wick

Indexed keywords

BIPOROUS WICK; EVAPORATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; EVAPORATOR TEMPERATURE; EXTENDED SURFACES; FILM EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS; LOOP HEAT PIPE; MAXIMUM VALUES; MONOPOROUS WICK; PORE FORMERS; SINK TEMPERATURE; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL EXPERIMENTS; VAPOR PHASIS; WICK STRUCTURES;

HEAT PIPES; LIQUID FILMS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SINTERING; VAPORS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 67650080179     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.03.059     Document Type: Article

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