Two-phase simulations of micro heat pipes

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 451-460

  Rahmat, Meysam ^a   Hubert, Pascal ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Heat transfer; Microchannel; Microfluidic; Phase change

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE LENGTH; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; FILLING RATIO; FLUID FLOW; LIQUID PHASE; MICRO HEAT PIPE; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE CHANGE PHENOMENA; SHARP CORNERS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS; TWO PHASIS; TWO-PHASE MODEL; TWO-PHASE SIMULATION; VELOCITY FIELD;

CAPILLARY FLOW; HEAT PIPES; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SIMULATORS; THERMOANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 72149110057     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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