A novel miniaturized loop heat pipe

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1152-1158

  Tang, Yong ^a   Xiang, Jianhua ^a   Wan, Zhenping ^a   Zhou, Wei ^a   Wu, Lei ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Condensation structure; Evaporator; Intensified boiling structure; Miniaturized loop heat pipe; Sintered felt wick

Indexed keywords

BOILING CHAMBERS; CAPILLARY FORCE; COPPER FIBERS; COPPER PLATE; HEAT LOADS; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; INTENSIFIED BOILING STRUCTURE; LOOP HEAT PIPE; LOOP HEAT PIPES; MICRO-FINS; MINIATURIZED LOOP HEAT PIPE; OPERATION CHARACTERISTIC; ROUGH SURFACES; SOLID-PHASE; VAPOR LINE;

CONDENSATION; CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); COPPER; FABRICATION; FELT; FELTS; HEAT PIPES; REFRIGERANTS; SINTERING; THERMAL LOAD; VAPORS;

EVAPORATORS;

ASSEMBLY; CONDENSATION; CONDENSERS; COPPER; EVAPORATORS; FELTS; REFRIGERANTS; SINTERING; VAPORS;

EID: 77950595356     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.01.030     Document Type: Article

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