Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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660788 | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2009 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Two-dimensional numerical model for the global evaporator of miniature flat plate capillary pumped loop (CPL) is developed to describe heat and mass transfer with phase change in the porous wick, liquid flow and heat transfer in the compensation cavity and heat transfer in the vapor grooves and metallic wall. The governing equations for different zones are solved as a conjugate problem. The side wall effect heat transfer limit is introduced to estimate the heat transport capability of evaporator. The influences of liquid subcooling, wick material, metallic wall material and non-uniform heat flux on the evaporator performance are discussed in detail.
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Authors
Z.M. Wan, W. Liu, Z.K. Tu, A. Nakayama,