Open-type miniature heat pipes

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994 · Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics

OSTI ID:114690

Vasiliev, L L ^[1]

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1. A.V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, Minsk (Russian Federation)

The hypothesis that systems of thermoregulation, similar to open-type micro heat pipes, exist in nature (soils, living organisms, plants) and in a number of technological processes (drying, thermodynamic cycles on solid adsorbents) is considered. The hydrodynamics and heat transfer in such thermoregulation systems differ from the hydrodynamics and heat transfer in classical heat pipes, since their geometrical dimensions are extremely small (dozens of microns), adhesion forces are powerful, the effect of the field of capillary and gravitational forces is significant, and strong interaction between counter-current flows of vapor and liquid takes place.

• OSTI ID: 114690
• Journal Information: Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics, Vol. 65, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1994; TN: Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal; 65: No. 1, (Jul 1993)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
HEAT PIPES
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THERMAL ANALYSIS
TWO-PHASE FLOW
MATHEMATICAL MODELS