A novel method for manufacturing sintered aluminium heat pipes (SAHP)

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 498-504

  Ameli, M ^a   Agnew, B ^a   Leung, P S ^a   Ng, B ^a   Sutcliffe, C J ^b   Singh, J ^b   McGlen, R ^c  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Aavid Thermacore Europe Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia heat pipe; Sintered aluminium heat pipe; SLM

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM POWDER; ALUMINIUM TUBES; DIFFERENT THICKNESS; ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENT; FILL TUBES; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; SINGLE PROCESS; SINTERED STEELS; SINTERED WICK STRUCTURE; SLM; STEEL TUBE; UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL; WICK STRUCTURES; WORKING FLUID;

ALUMINUM; AMMONIA; SINTERING; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

HEAT PIPES;

EID: 84872823086     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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