Gravity effect on capillary limit in a miniature loop heat pipe with multiple evaporators and multiple condensers

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 880, Issue , 2007, Pages 3-10

  Nagano, Hosei ^a   Ku, Jentung ^b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary limit; Gravity effect; Loop heat pipe; Multiple evaporators and condensers; Spacecraft thermal control; Two phase

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950302233     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2437434     Document Type: Conference Paper

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