A microscale model for thin-film evaporation in capillary wick structures

DOI10.1016/J.IJHEATMASSTRANSFER.2010.09.037zbMath1205.80042OpenAlexW2153165284MaRDI QIDQ621141

Suresh V. Garimella, Jayathi Y. Murthy, Ram Ranjan

Publication date: 2 February 2011

Published in: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/coolingpubs/142

zbMATH Keywords

evaporationthin-filmmeniscuselectronics coolingheat pipeswick structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Thin fluid films (76A20) Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage (76S05) Liquid-gas two-phase flows, bubbly flows (76T10)

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Enhanced Wickability of single-columnar, non-uniform pore-size wick using lattice Boltzmann method ⋮ A numerical model for transport in flat heat pipes considering wick microstructure effects ⋮ Numerical study of conjugated heat transfer in evaporating thin-films near the contact line

Uses Software

• FLUENT
• Surface Evolver

Cites Work

• A numerical model for transport in flat heat pipes considering wick microstructure effects
• Transport from a volatile meniscus inside an open microtube
• An analytical solution for the total heat transfer in the thin-film region of an evaporating meniscus
• Characteristics of an evaporating thin film in a microchannel
• The Surface Evolver
• A numerical study of three-dimensional combined buoyancy and thermocapillary convection
• Experimental investigation of steady buoyant-thermocapillary convection near an evaporating meniscus

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