NUMERICAL MODELING OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER IN A LOW-TEMPERATURE HEAT PIPE
G. V. Kuznetzov and A. E. Sitnikov UDC 536.24 A mathematical model of heat and mass transfer in a low-temperature heat pipe has been formulated. Numerical modeling of the problem of heat and mass transfer has been carried out. The distributions of the velocities, the pressure, and the temperatures in the heat pipe have been obtained. The results can be employed in analyzing the efficiency and power of low-temperature heat pipes. Scientific-Research Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics at Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 75, No. 4, pp. 58-64, July-August, 2002. Original article submitted July 31, 2001; revision submitted January 11, 2002. JEPTER7492020028 JEPTER749208