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NUMERICAL ANALYSES ON VAPOR PRESSURE DROP IN A CENTERED-WICK ULTRA-THIN HEAT PIPE
Yasushi Koitoa,*
a Kumamoto University, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan
* Corresponding Author: Email: -u.ac.jp
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2019, 13, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.13.26
Abstract
This paper describes extended numerical analyses on vapor pressure distribution in a centered-wick ultra-thin heat pipe. Analyses were conducted by
using a three-dimensional model developed by the author. Numerical results were obtained changing design parameters and operating conditions of
the heat pipe. Discussion was made on the heat transfer limit as well as the vapor pressure drop. Moreover, a simple method was also presented to
evaluate the vapor pressure drop in the ultra-thin heat pipe. Calculated results with the simple method agreed in 10 % with the three-dimensional
numerical results.
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Koito, Y. (2019). NUMERICAL ANALYSES ON VAPOR PRESSURE DROP IN A CENTERED-WICK ULTRA-THIN HEAT PIPE.
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, 13(1), 1–6.