Effect of the Wick and the Working Medium on the Thermal Resistance of FPHP

This paper introduces a novel micro-deep, triangle-grooved wick, and compares the performance of the flat plate heat pipe (FPHP) with various types of wicks, including foam metal copper wick, sintered copper powder wick, copper mesh wick, micro-deep rectangle-grooved wick, and micro-deep triangle-gr...

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Main Authors: Bin Sun, Cheng Peng, Di Yang, Hongwei Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Energy Research
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenrg.2018.00037/full