Heat Pipes

Heat pipes are used in a wide range of applications, including electronics cooling, die-casting and injection moulding, heat recovery and energy conservation, de-icing and manufacturing process temperature control, and in domestic appliances. An essential guide for practicing engineers and an ideal text for postgraduate students, the book takes a highly practical approach to the design and selection of heat pipes. It is both a useful sourcebook and an accessible introduction for those approaching the topic for the first time.

* Long established as the standard work on heat pipes
* Suitable for use as a professional reference and graduate text; contains all information required to design and manufacture a heat pipe
* Revised with greater coverage of key electronics cooling application and a new design guide

Historical Development; Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Theory; Materials: Case, Wicks, Working Fluid, Compatibility; Design Guide: Heat Pipes, Thermosyphons, Manufacture; Applications - General: Heat recovery, Thermal control, Space, Miscellaneous; Electronic Cooling; Special Types of Heat Pipe: Variable Conductance Heat Pipes, Thermal Diodes, Oscillating Heat Pipes, Capillary Loop Heat Pipes, Micro-Heat Pipes, Rotating Heat Pipes, Miscellaneous; Data Base; Working fluid properties - tabulated; Wall/wick material basic properties