...Danny J. Lohan; Bhaskarjyoti Sarma; Shailesh N. Joshi; Ercan M. Dede; Anali Soto; Srivathsan Sudhakar; Justin A. Weibel The heat transfer and hydraulic performance of a flat evaporator, pump-assisted capillary loop cooler is evaluated for a 1 c m 2 heat source. The cooler consists of a copper...

... heat fluxes while meeting strict design constrains associated with system volume and weight. Miniature loop heat pipes (mLHP) emerge as one of the technologies best suited to meet all these demands. Nonetheless, operational problems, such as instable behavior during startup on evaporator side, have...

... evaporator(s) and a two-loop design separating liquid and vapor flows. The evaporator(s) use a sintered copper grooved wick bonded with a liquid screen artery. No active flow control of the mechanical pumping is required because of the autonomous capillary pumping due to the self-adjusting liquid menisci...