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Experimental analysis of a capillary pumped loop for terrestrial applications with several evaporators in parallel
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In this article, a new experimental CPLTA with three evaporators in parallel is studied with methanol as working fluid, and a decoupling between vapor generation flow rate and pressure drop in each evaporator is analyzed.About:
This article is published in Applied Thermal Engineering.The article was published on 2016-01-25. It has received 9 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Loop heat pipe & Evaporator.read more
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Steady-state analysis of a Capillary Pumped Loop for Terrestrial Application with methanol and ethanol as working fluids
TL;DR: In this paper, the behavior of a CPLTA (Capillary Pumped Loop for Terrestrial Applications) in different operating conditions was analyzed from two different points of view by comparing its operating behavior with ethanol and Methanol as working fluids.
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Experimental study of the liquid/vapor phase change in a porous media of two-phase heat transfer devices
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of the adverse hydrostatic head, subcooling at the wick inlet and wick properties (porosity and average pore diameter) on the heat and mass transfer inside porous media was examined.
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Transient Modeling of a Capillary Pumped Loop for Terrestrial Applications
TL;DR: In this article, a transient thermohydraulic modeling has been developed to obtain a reliable tool for sizing and design of a CPL for terrestrial applications (CPLTA), the model's originality consists of transcribing balance equations under electrical networks by analogy.
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Numerical Analysis of the Impact of Nanofluids and Vapor Grooves Design on the Performance of Capillary Evaporators
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of nanofluids and vapor grooves position on the performance of capillary evaporators was discussed using a 2D transient mathematical model, which combines Darcy's law, Langmuir's law and energy equations to describe the heat and mass transfers inside the wick and the metallic wall.
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Experimental study of a novel heat sink for distribution level static synchronous compensator cooling
TL;DR: In this paper, a novel heat sink which coupling natural convection and phase transition was designed to meet the cooling requirements of distribution level static synchronous compensator (DSTATCOM).
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Loop heat pipes
TL;DR: Loop heat pipes (LHPs) as mentioned in this paper are two-phase heat-transfer devices with capillary pumping of a working fluid, which can transfer heat efficiency for distances up to several meters at any orientation in the gravity field, or to several tens of meters in a horizontal position.
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Parametric analysis of loop heat pipe operation: a literature review
TL;DR: Loop heat pipes (LHPs) are heat transfer devices whose operating principle is based on the evaporation/condensation of a working fluid, and which use the capillary pumping forces to ensure the fluid circulation as discussed by the authors.
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On capillary-driven flow and phase-change heat transfer in a porous structure heated by a finned surface: measurements and modeling
Tianshou Zhao,Quan Liao +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the characteristics of capillary-driven flow and phase-change heat transfer in a porous structure heated with a permeable heating source at the top were studied experimentally and theoretically.
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Operating temperature and distribution of a working fluid in LHP
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the classification of loop heat pipe operating modes on the basis of the criterion of presence or absence of the working fluid vapor phase in the compensation chamber.
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Capillary heat loop technology: Space applications and recent Canadian activities
TL;DR: Capillary heat loops (CHL) are heat transfer designs with higheffectiveness, highperformance, highreliability, highflexibility, and anti-gravitation features of interest to the space community as discussed by the authors.
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