Analysis of flat heat pipes with various heating and cooling configurations

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 14-15, 2011, Pages 2645-2655

  Aghvami, Maziar ^a   Faghri, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Flat heat pipe

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AXIAL DIRECTION; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; COOLING CONFIGURATION; DRY-OUT; EVAPORATION AND CONDENSATION; FLAT HEAT PIPE; LIQUID PHASIS; LIQUID/VAPOR INTERFACES; PARAMETRIC INVESTIGATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATION; VAPOR CHAMBER; VAPOR FLOWS; VAPOR REGION; VAPOR TEMPERATURE; VAPOR VELOCITIES; WALL CONDUCTION;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; HEATING; LIQUIDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EVAPORATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VAPORS;

HEAT PIPES;

EID: 79960903707     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.04.034     Document Type: Article

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