Abstract
A mathematical relation is shown (in integral as well as in criterial form) for calculating the performance limits of heat pipes. Theoretical results are compared with test data.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 249–253, August, 1973.
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Barsukov, V.V., Mishchenko, L.N. & Smirnov, G.F. Performance limits of low-temperature heat pipes. Journal of Engineering Physics 25, 983–987 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00829847
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