Comparative study on heat transfer characteristics of sintered and mesh wick heat pipes using CuO nanofluids

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 208-215

  Kumaresan, G ^a   Venkatachalapathy, S ^a   Asirvatham, Lazarus Godson ^b   Wongwises, Somchai ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b KARUNYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Heat pipe; Nanofluid; Surface temperature; Thermal conductivity; Wick structure

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOFLUIDICS; SINTERING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSPORT CAPACITY; NANOFLUIDS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WICK STRUCTURES;

HEAT PIPES;

EID: 84907363747     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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