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ISSN Online: 2377-424X

International Heat Transfer Conference 12
August, 18-23, 2002, Grenoble, France

Thermal study of a water-filled micro heat pipe including heat transfer in evaporating and condensing microfilms

Get access (open in a dialog) DOI: 10.1615/IHTC12.2740
6 pages

Abstract

A detailed mathematical model for predicting the heat transport capability and the temperature distribution along the axial direction of an isoscele triangular micro heat pipe, filled with a polar fluid (water), has been developed. This model includes hydrodynamic flows and heat transfer in both the condensing and evaporating thin-films. The effect of the dry-out or flooding region, depending on the fluid charge, on the MHP performance can be predicted.