Title

Challenges in operating and testing loop heat pipes in 500–700 K temperature ranges

Journal title

Archives of Thermodynamics

Yearbook

2022

Volume

vol. 43

Issue

No 2

Affiliation

Szymański, Paweł : Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology, Narutowicza 11/12,80-233 Gdansk, Poland ; Mikielewicz, Dariusz : Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology, Narutowicza 11/12,80-233 Gdansk, Poland

Authors

Szymański, Paweł ; Mikielewicz, Dariusz

Keywords

Loop heat pipe ; Working fluid ; Material compatibility

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

61-73

Publisher

The Committee of Thermodynamics and Combustion of the Polish Academy of Sciences and The Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences

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Date

2022.08.02

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/ather.2022.141978

Editorial Board

International Advisory Board

J. Bataille, Ecole Central de Lyon, Ecully, France

A. Bejan, Duke University, Durham, USA

W. Blasiak, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

G. P. Celata, ENEA, Rome, Italy

L.M. Cheng, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

M. Colaco, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

J. M. Delhaye, CEA, Grenoble, France

M. Giot, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

K. Hooman, University of Queensland, Australia

D. Jackson, University of Manchester, UK

D.F. Li, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China

K. Kuwagi, Okayama University of Science, Japan

J. P. Meyer, University of Pretoria, South Africa

S. Michaelides, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth Texas, USA

M. Moran, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

W. Muschik, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

I. Müller, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

H. Nakayama, Japanese Atomic Energy Agency, Japan

S. Nizetic, University of Split, Croatia

H. Orlande, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

M. Podowski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, USA

A. Rusanov, Institute for Mechanical Engineering Problems NAS, Kharkiv, Ukraine

M. R. von Spakovsky, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

A. Vallati, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

H.R. Yang, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China