Over the last several decades, several factors have contributed to a major transformation in heat pipe science and technology applications The first major contribution was the development and advances of new heat pipes, such as loop heat pipes (LHPs), micro and miniature heat pipes, and pulsating heat pipes (PHPs) In addition, there are now many commercial applications that have helped contribute to the recent interest in heat pipes For example, several million heat pipes are manufactured each month for applications in CPU cooling and laptop computers Numerical modeling, analysis, and experimental simulation of heat pipes have significantly progressed due to a much greater understanding of various physical phenomena in heat pipes as well as advances in computational and experimental methodologies A review is presented hereafter concerning the types of heat pipes, heat pipe analysis, and simulations

Review and Advances in Heat Pipe Science and Technology

A detailed overview of heat pipes is presented in this paper, including a historical perspective, principles of operations, types of heat pipes, heat pipe performance characteristics, heat pipe limitations, heat pipe frozen startup and shutdown, heat pipe analysis and simulations, and various applications of heat pipes. Over the last several decades, several factors have contributed to a major transformation in heat pipe science and technology . The first major contribution was the development and advances of new heat pipes, such as loop heat pipes, micro and miniature heat pipes, and pulsating heat pipes. In addition, there are now many new commercial applications that have helped contribute to the recent interest in heat pipes, especially related to the fields of electronic cooling and energy. For example, several million heat pipes are now manufactured each month since all modern laptops use heat pipes for CPU cooling. Numerical modeling, analysis, and experimental simulation of heat pipes have also significantly progressed due to a much greater understanding of various physical phenomena in heat pipes, as well as advances in computational and experimental methodologies.

http://m.thermalfluidscentral.org/journals/index.php/Heat_Pipes/article/view/360/362

Heat pipes: review, opportunities and challenges

A review of small heat pipes for electronics

http://www.porousmedialab.by/seminar/pdf/07_Vasiliev_Miniature.pdf

Micro and miniature heat pipes – Electronic component coolers

Analytical and experimental investigation on the operational characteristics and the thermal optimization of a miniature heat pipe with a grooved wick structure

The fabrication and purpose of very small wickless heat pipes are discussed. A theoretical analysis of their performance characteristics shows that they have nearly the heat transport capability expected by scaling down from conventional heat pipes. They appear attractive for applications calling for close temperature control, but having only modest cooling requirements.

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T. P. Cotter

Papers

Principles and prospects for micro heat pipes