An investigation of evaporation heat transfer in sintered copper wicks with microgrooves

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Zhao, Yuan ^a   Chen, Chung Iung ^a  

^a ROCKWELL SCIENTIFIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi dispersed wicks; Heat flux; Heat pipe; Wick structure

Indexed keywords

COPPER; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; SINTERING;

BI-DISPERSED WICKS; WICK STRUCTURE;

HEAT PIPES;

EID: 85196518736     PISSN: 02725673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2006-15120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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