Operational characteristics of the miniature loop heat pipe with non-condensable gases

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 3471-3482

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

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FUJIKURA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cooling; Miniature loop heat pipe; MLHP; NCG; Non condensable gas; Thermal control; Thermal performance; Two phase system

Indexed keywords

COOLING; EVAPORATORS; GASES; HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL LOAD; THERMAL VARIABLES CONTROL;

MINIATURE LOOP HEAT PIPES; MLHP; NON-CONDENSABLE GAS; THERMAL CONTROL; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TWO PHASE SYSTEMS;

HEAT PIPES;

EID: 84862907541     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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