Designer fluid performance and inclination angle effects in a flat grooved heat pipe

• Published in: Applied thermal engineering Vol. 101; pp. 770 - 777
• Main Authors: Supowit, Jacob, Heflinger, Thomas, Stubblebine, Michael, Catton, Ivan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 25.05.2016
• Subjects: Advanced working fluid; Flat heat pipe; Grooved wick; Inorganic aqueous solution (IAS); Phase change heat transfer; Inorganic aqueous solution (IAS); Advanced working fluid; Flat heat pipe; Phase change heat transfer; Grooved wick

A flat heat pipe was used to study the effects of an advanced working fluid previously shown to improve the thermal performance of phase change heat transfer devices through surface augmentation of the wick. Surface structures were created by the working fluid through chemical oxidation reactions an...