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Heat Pipes, 6th Edition, takes a highly practical approach to the design and selection of heat pipes, making it an essential guide for practicing engineers and an ideal text for postgraduate students. This new edition has been revised to include new information on the underlying theory of heat pipes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Reay, D. A. (David Anthony) (Autor), McGlen, Ryan (Autor), Kew, P. A. (Peter A.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013.
Edición:Sixth edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Heat Pipes: Theory, Design and Applications; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface to sixth edition; Preface to first edition; Acknowledgements; Nomenclature; Introduction; I.1 The Heat Pipe
  • Construction, Performance and Properties; I.2 The Development of the Heat Pipe; I.3 The Contents of This Book; References; 1 Historical development; 1.1 The Perkins Tube; 1.2 Patents; 1.3 The Baker's Oven; 1.4 The Heat Pipe; 1.5 Can Heat Pipes Address Our Future Thermal Challenges?; 1.6 Electrokinetics; 1.7 Fluids and Materials; 1.8 The Future?; References
  • 2.3.6 Entrainment2.3.7 Heat transfer and temperature difference; 2.3.7.1 Introduction; 2.3.7.2 Heat transfer in the evaporator region; 2.3.7.3 Boiling heat transfer from plane surfaces; 2.3.7.4 Boiling from wicked surfaces; 2.3.7.5 Liquid-vapour interface temperature drop; 2.3.7.6 Wick thermal conductivity; 2.3.7.7 Heat transfer in the condenser; 2.4 Application of theory to heat pipes and thermosyphons; 2.4.1 Wicked heat pipes; 2.4.1.1 The merit number; 2.4.1.2 Operating limits; 2.4.1.3 Burnout; 2.4.1.4 Gravity-assisted heat pipes; 2.4.1.5 Total temperature drop; 2.4.2 Thermosyphons
  • 2.4.2.1 Working fluid selection2.4.2.2 Entrainment Limit; 2.4.2.3 Thermal resistance and maximum heat flux; 2.5 Nanofluids; 2.6 Summary; References; 3 Heat pipe components and materials; 3.1 The Working Fluid; 3.1.1 Nanofluids; 3.2 The Wick or Capillary Structure; 3.2.1 Homogeneous structures; 3.2.2 Arterial wicks; 3.3 Thermal Resistance of Saturated Wicks; 3.3.1 Meshes; 3.3.2 Sintered wicks; 3.3.3 Grooved wicks; 3.3.4 Concentric annulus; 3.3.5 Sintered metal fibres; 3.3.6 Ceramic wick structures; 3.4 The Container; 3.5 Compatibility; 3.5.1 Historical compatibility data
  • 3.5.2 Compatibility of water and steel
  • a discussion