Article | REF: BE9545 V1

Two-phase systems of thermal control

Authors: Jocelyn BONJOUR, Frédéric LEFÈVRE, Valérie SARTRE, Yves BERTIN, Cyril ROMESTANT, Vincent AYEL, Vincent PLATEL

Publication date: October 10, 2010, Review date: June 4, 2017

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1. Operating principles

Generally speaking, a heat pipe is a sealed enclosure containing a liquid in equilibrium with its vapour in the total absence of air or any other gas (except for variable conductance heat pipes, see § 5.5 ).

The heat pipe transports heat from a hot source to a cold source. The hot source is in contact with the heat pipe's evaporator, and the cold source is in contact with...

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