heat pipe is a heat-transfer device that employs phase transition to transfer heat between two solid interfaces. At the hot interface of a heat pipe,...

A loop heat pipe (LHP) is a two-phase heat transfer device that uses capillary action to remove heat from a source and passively move it to a condenser...

of pipe wall can be expressed as a "heat transfer coefficient of the pipe wall". However, one needs to select if the heat flux is based on the pipe inner...

fundamental rules for all heat exchangers are the same. 1. Double-pipe heat exchanger When one fluid flows through the smaller pipe, the other flows through...

wick allows heat pipes to transfer heat when there is no gravity, which is useful in space. A thermosiphon is "simpler" than a heat pipe. (Single-phase)...

Heat-pipe tectonics is a cooling mode of terrestrial planets and moons in which the main heat transport mechanism in the planet is volcanism through the...

airflow can result in less dust build up if filtered properly A heat pipe is a heat transfer device that uses evaporation and condensation of a two-phase...

A micro-loop heat pipe or MLHP is a miniature loop heat pipe in which the radius of curvature of the liquid meniscus in the evaporator is in the same...

pipe, say 80 ˚C and coupled to the return pipe, at e.g. 40 ˚C. By adding a heat pump locally to this user, the 40 ˚C pipe is cooled further (the heat...

the heat pipe to the other through pressure, wick forces or gravity, depending on the arrangement of the heat pipe. Run-around systems are hybrid heat recovery...

sinks are the heat exchangers used in refrigeration and air conditioning systems or the radiator in a car. A heat pipe is another heat-transfer device...

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used in large chillers or in more particular applications like heat pipe finned heat exchangers. In addition, 1,1-difluoroethane is also commonly used...

using a scarfing blade. The weld zone can also be heat-treated to make the seam less visible. Welded pipe often has tighter dimensional tolerances than the...

a heat sink: increase the base thickness, choose a different material with higher thermal conductivity, use a vapor chamber or heat pipe in the heat sink...

A heat pump is a device that consumes energy (usually electricity) to transfer heat from a cold heat sink to a hot heat sink. Specifically, the heat pump...

heat transfer) is the transfer of heat from one place to another due to the movement of fluid. Although often discussed as a distinct method of heat transfer...

early Earth's internal heat loss could have been dominated by advection via heat-pipe volcanism. Terrestrial bodies with lower heat flows, such as the Moon...

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Heat traps are valves or loops of pipe on the cold water inlet and hot water outlet of water heaters. The heat traps allow cold water to flow into the...

refrigerant as a heat transfer medium. The heat pipe uses multiple sealed pipes mounted in a coil configuration with fins to increase heat transfer. Heat is absorbed...

active heat spreader speeds up heat transfer with expenditure of energy as work supplied by an external source. A heat pipe uses fluids inside a sealed case...

hydronic heating technology, a single-pipe steam system delivers steam to the radiators where the steam gives up its heat and is condensed back to water. The...

Latent heat (also known as latent energy or heat of transformation) is energy released or absorbed, by a body or a thermodynamic system, during a constant-temperature...

facilities as of early 2020. The reactor design is a fast-neutron reactor with heat pipe cooling similar to the NASA Kilopower reactor. According to the designers...

near a desired setpoint. Thermostats are used in any device or system that heats or cools to a setpoint temperature. Examples include building heating, central...

Sensible heat is heat exchanged by a body or thermodynamic system in which the exchange of heat changes the temperature of the body or system, and some...

through the pipe). Since pipework can operate at temperatures far removed from the ambient temperature, and the rate of heat flow from a pipe is related...

and cooling systems distribute heat throughout buildings by means of pipes or ductwork. Insulating these pipes using pipe insulation reduces energy into...

requirements and associated heat emissions result in greater demands on cooling systems. A heat pipe typically consists of a sealed pipe or tube at both the hot...