Wicking and thermal characteristics of micropillared structures for use in passive heat spreaders

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 586-596

  Ranjan, Ram ^a   Patel, Abhijeet ^a   Garimella, Suresh V ^a   Murthy, Jayathi Y ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Heat pipe; Micro pillars; Thermal spreaders; Wick structure

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY WICK; COOLING DEVICES; EVAPORATION RATE; HEAT SPREADERS; HEAT TRANSPORT CAPABILITY; HIGH PERMEABILITY; HYDRODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; MICRO-PILLARS; PHASE CHANGES; SINTERED PARTICLES; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL CONTACT; THERMAL SPREADERS; VAPOR CHAMBER; WICK STRUCTURES; WICKING;

EVAPORATION; GEOMETRY; HEAT PIPES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SINTERING; SPREADERS;

THERMAL EVAPORATION;

EID: 82955249226     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.10.053     Document Type: Article

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