The effect of bubble nucleation on the performance of a wickless heat pipe in microgravity
Bubble nucleation was investigated in a 20-mm-long, wickless heat pipe on the International Space Station. Over 20 h of running experiments using pentane as the working fluid, more than 100 nucleation events were observed. Bubble nucleation at the heater end temporarily boosted peak pressures and va...
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Nature Research
2022
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