Numerical analysis of two phase flow characteristics in the oscillating capillary tube heat pipe

1.1 Background 1
1.2 Review of previous studies 4
1.3 Objectives and outline of the present study 17
2.1 The flow pattern in working process 19
2.2 Tube diameter for stable operation 22
2.3 Fundamental processes in the OCHP 24
2.4 Effect of the type of the OCHP 29
2.5 Effect of the turn number of the OCHP 30
3.1 Theoretical model 32
3.2 Derivation of governing equations 33
3.3 Numerical procedure 35
3.4 Numerical results 40
3.5 Comparisons with previous experimental results 45
3.6 Summary 49
4.1 Theoretical model 50
4.2 Derivation of governing equations 53
4.3 Numerical procedure 57
4.4 Results and discussion 60
4.5 Summary 75
5.1 Conclusions 76
5.2 Future works 78
1.1 Backgrounds