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2. Two-phase thermocapillary pumped fluid loops (BFDPT)
A thermocapillary pumped two-phase fluid loop is a sealed loop in which a fluid circulates between an evaporator, where thermal energy is extracted from the element whose temperature is to be controlled, and a condenser, where it is returned to a cold source. These two thermally "active" components are connected by pipes through which the liquid or steam flows. These devices are capable of transferring heat quantities of up to a few kW over a distance of several meters, in a gravity or space environment, with temperature variations of up to a few dozen degrees.
Like heat pipes, these devices contain no mechanical power to set the fluid in motion. It is the vaporization of the fluid within a porous matrix contained in the evaporator that sets the fluid in motion. Unlike heat pipes, the liquid and vapour phases are separated...
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Two-phase thermocapillary pumped fluid loops (BFDPT)
Bibliography
Events
International Heat Pipe Conference (IHPC). Periodicity: 2 to 3 years
14th edition: Florianopolis, Brazil, April 22-27, 2007 http://www.lepten.ufsc.br/~14ihpc
15th edition: Clemson (SC), USA, April 25-30, 2010 http://www.clemson.edu/15ihpc
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Advanced Cooling Technologies (ACT), USA http://www.1-act.com/fact.html
ATHERM, France http://www.atherm.com
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