Fractal Loop Heat Pipe performance testing with a compressed carbon foam wick structure

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 290-297

  Silk, Eric A ^a   Myre, David ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foam; Heat pipe; Loop Heat Pipe; Thermal conductance; Wick

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; LOOP HEAT PIPE; MAXIMUM HEAT FLUX; PERFORMANCE TESTING; SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING; THERMAL CONDUCTANCE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; WICK;

COPPER; DEIONIZED WATER; EVAPORATORS; FOAMS; FRACTALS; GLASS; HEAT FLUX; LIME; SLIP FORMING;

HEAT PIPES;

EID: 84879307942     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.05.030     Document Type: Article

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