Thermal characteristics of closed loop pulsating heat pipe with nanofluids

Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-237

  Jamshidi, Hamed ^a   Arabnejad, Sajad ^a   Shafii, M Behshad ^a   Saboohi, Yadollah ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Closed loop pulsating heat pipe (CLPHP); Nanofluid; Thermal resistance; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP PULSATING HEAT PIPES; COPPER TUBES; DRY-OUT; EVAPORATOR TEMPERATURE; FILLING RATIO; INCLINATION ANGLES; MASS CONCENTRATION; NANOFLUID; NANOFLUIDS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE; OXIDE SYSTEMS; PURE WATER; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL OPERATIONS; THERMAL RESISTANCE; WORKING FLUID;

EVAPORATORS; FILLING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT PIPES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM OXIDES;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 79957453907     PISSN: 10655131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.v18.i3.40     Document Type: Article

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