Analytical and numerical study of the flow of working fluid in heat pipes

• Main Author: Li, Hui Min
• Other Authors: Liu, Chang Yu
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19903
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This work presents the analytical and numerical studies of the flow and heat transfer characteristics in two rotating heat pipes, a conical rotating heat pipe and a rotating heat pipe with a cylindrical evaporator. The simplified momentum equations are solved to predict the film thickness and flow f...