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Heat Pipes

Theory, Design and Applications

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… Read more

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Description

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.

Key features

  • Contains all information necessary to design and manufacture Heat Pipes
  • Provides a highly practical reference for engineers and graduate students
  • Extensively revised and expanded, including increased coverage of key electronics cooling application as well as a brand new design guide

Readership

Professional engineers, secondary readership among postgraduate students and researchers; Thermal engineers; Key applications in aerospace, electronics/electronics packaging, building thermal management, materials processing, nuclear; thermo-electro-mechanical device, heat pipe, heat exchanger and thermosiphon designers and manufacturers; Mechanical, electrical and civil engineering students focusing on thermal engineering and heat transfer and thermal control systems; At undergraduate level this subject is introduced as a core heat transfer (or heat and mass transfer) course

Table of contents

1: Historical Development2: Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Theory 3: Materials CaseWicksWorking FluidCompatibility4: Design GuideHeat Pipes Thermosyphons5: Manufacture 6: Applications – GeneralHeat recoveryThermal controlSpaceMiscellaneous7: Electronic Cooling8: Special Types of Heat Pipe Variable Conductance Heat PipesThermal DiodesOscillating Heat PipesCapillary Loop Heat PipesMicro-Heat PipesRotating Heat PipesMiscellaneousData BaseWorking fluid properties – tabulatedWall/wick material basic properties

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About the authors

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David Reay

Professor Reay manages David Reay & Associates, UK, and he is a Visiting Professor at Northumbria University, Emeritus Professor at Newcastle University, and Honorary Professor Brunel University London, UK. His main research interests are compact heat exchangers, process intensification, and heat pumps. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Thermal Science and Engineering Progress and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Thermofluids, both are published by Elsevier. Prof. Reay is the Author/Co-author of eight other books.
Affiliations and expertise
Manager, David Reay and Associates; Visiting Professor, Northumbria University; Researcher, Newcastle University; Honorary Professor at Nottingham University, UK

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Ryan McGlen

Dr McGlen is the Advanced Technology Manager at Boyd’s UK facility, where he leads research and development of future heat pipe technologies and hi-tech commercial applications. Research interests include patented additive manufactured heat pipe technology, heat pipe fluids and materials combinations, novel heat pipe geometry, wick construction and heat pipe functionality. He has over 20 years’ experience in commercial electronic thermal management application, with main focus areas in the Space, Aerospace & Defence and Automotive application. Dr McGlen is a chartered engineer (MIMechE) and is a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in Practice at Newcastle University.
Affiliations and expertise
Advanced Technology Manager, Boyd Technologies Ashington UK Ltd

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Peter Kew

Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, UK

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