Visualization of vapor formation regimes during capillary-fed boiling in sintered-powder heat pipe wicks

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 13-14, 2012, Pages 3498-3510

  Weibel, Justin A ^a   Garimella, Suresh V ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiling; Capillary; Heat pipe; Sintered powder wick; Thin film evaporation; Visualization

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTATION METHODS; BOILING CURVE; BOILING INCIPIENCE; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY LIMITATION; COPPER PARTICLES; DIFFERENT PORE SIZES; DRY-OUT; EFFECTIVE THERMAL RESISTANCE; FEEDING CONDITIONS; HEAT INPUT; HEAT PIPE WICKS; HEAT SPREADERS; HEAT TRANSFER PREDICTIONS; HIGH-SPEED; HOT SPOT; IN-SITU; INPUT AREA; MULTISCALES; OVERALL THERMAL RESISTANCE; PREDICTIVE MODELING; SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATIONS; SINTERED POWDERS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THIN LIQUID FILM; VAPOR CHAMBER; VAPOR FORMATION; VAPOR PERMEABILITY; WICK STRUCTURES;

BOILING LIQUIDS; EVAPORATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT PIPES; HEAT RESISTANCE; LIQUID FILMS; SINTERING; VISUALIZATION; WATER VAPOR;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 84859628481     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.03.021     Document Type: Article

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