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.

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