Effect of wick characteristics on the thermal performance of the miniature loop heat pipe

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Singh, Randeep ^a   Akbarzadeh, Aliakbar ^a   Mochizuki, Masataka ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FUJIKURA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biporous wick; Effective thermal conductivity; Miniature loop heat pipe; Monoporous wick; Permeability; Pore size; Porosity

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; MINIATURE LOOP HEAT PIPE; MINIATURE LOOP HEAT PIPES; MONOPOROUS WICK; WICK PERMEABILITY;

COPPER; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; EVAPORATORS; HEAT PIPES; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MIXED CONVECTION; NICKEL ALLOYS; PHASE INTERFACES; PORE SIZE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

EID: 77954284157     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3109994     Document Type: Article

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