Novel model helps analyze phase transition heat transfer in heat pipes

A research group led by Prof. Yu Dali from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), together with researchers from the City University of Hong Kong, has developed a transient 3D computational fluid dynamics model to investigate the liquid-vapor flow and heat transfer for a water heat pipe under various non-uniform loads. The study was published in Annals of Nuclear Energy.