Combined effects of the filling ratio and the vapour space thickness on the performance of a flat plate heat pipe

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 694-702

  Lips, Stéphane ^a   Lefèvre, Frédéric ^a   Bonjour, Jocelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Confocal microscopy; Flat plate heat pipe; Thin film; Vapour chambers

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FILLING; HEAT CONVECTION; LIQUIDS; THIN FILMS;

COMBINED EFFECT; FLAT PLATE; HERMETICALLY SEALED; LIQUID DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID RETENTION; MENISCUS CURVATURE; THEORETICAL APPROACH; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

HEAT PIPES;

EID: 70849085762     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.10.022     Document Type: Article

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