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Simulation of a miniature oscillating heat pipe in bottom heating mode using CFD with unsteady modeling
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In this paper, a comprehensive mathematical and physical model of miniature oscillating heat pipes (MOHPs) was built to simulate the two-phase flow behavior in vertical bottom heating mode Water was used as the working fluid.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.The article was published on 2013-02-01. It has received 79 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Heat transfer & Heat pipe.read more
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Heat pipe based systems - Advances and applications
Hussam Jouhara,Amisha Chauhan,Theodora Nannou,Sulaiman Almahmoud,Bertrand Delpech,Luiz C. Wrobel +5 more
TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art applications, materials and performance of current heat pipe devices can be found in this paper, where heat pipe technologies offer many key advantages over conventional practices.
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Numerical modelling of the temperature distribution in a two-phase closed thermosyphon
TL;DR: The Saudi Cultural Bureau in London, the Ministry of Higher Education and the Mechanical Engineering Department, Umm Al-Qura University as discussed by the authors have published a survey on the Saudi cultural heritage.
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CFD modelling of a two-phase closed thermosyphon charged with R134a and R404a
TL;DR: In this article, a CFD model was built to simulate the details of the two-phase flow and heat transfer phenomena during the start-up and steady-state operation of a thermosyphon.
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Three-dimensional CFD simulation of Geyser boiling in a two-phase closed thermosyphon
TL;DR: In this paper, a three-dimensional CFD model of a wickless heat pipe was developed to simulate both the complex multiphase heat and mass transfer characteristics of boiling and condensation and the heat transfer characteristics in the cooling fluid in the condenser.
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Nucleate pool boiling heat transfer in wickless heat pipes (two-phase closed thermosyphons): A critical review of correlations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide sufficient knowledge on two-phase heat transfer in TPCTs to facilitate the nucleate pool boiling heat transfer coefficient calculations for thermosyphon users.
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On the mixture model for multiphase flow
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the derivation and closing of the model equations, and the validity of the mixture model is also carefully analyzed, starting from the continuity and momentum equations written for each phase in a multiphase system, the field equations for the mixture are derived.
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Closed loop pulsating heat pipes Part B: visualization and semi-empirical modeling
TL;DR: In this paper, the thermal performance results of a fairly large matrix of closed loop pulsating heat pipes are presented and a detailed discussion follows on the important issues involved in the mathematical modeling of these devices.
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Heat transfer in a pulsating heat pipe with open end
Yuwen Zhang,Amir Faghri +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, heat transfer in the evaporator and condenser sections of a pulsating heat pipe (PHP) with open end is modeled by analyzing thin film evaporation and condensation.
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Analysis of heat transfer in unlooped and looped pulsating heat pipes
TL;DR: In this paper, an advanced heat transfer model for both unlooped and looped Pulsating Heat Pipes (PHPs) with multiple liquid slugs and vapor plugs has been developed.