Developing clean energy and utilizing waste energy has become increasingly vital‎.‎ Research targeting the advancement of thermally powered adsorption cooling technologies has progressed in the past few decades‎,‎ and the awareness of fuel cells and thermally activated ‎(‎heat pipe heat exchangers‎)‎ adsorption systems using natural refrigerants and/or alternatives to hydrofluorocarbon‎-based refrigerants is becoming ever more important‎.‎ Heat Pipes and Solid Sorption Transformations‎:‎ Fundamentals and Practical Applications concentrates on state‎-of‎-the‎-art adsorption research and technologies for relevant applications based on the use of efficient heat transfer devices‎-heat pipe and two‎-phase thermosyphons‎-with the objectives of energy efficiency and sustainability‎.‎ This book also discusses heat pipe thermal control as it relates to spacecraft applications‎.‎ The first few chapters of Heat Pipes and Solid Sorption Transformations‎:‎ Fundamentals and Practical Applications focus on heating and cooling‎,‎ the principles of adsorption‎,‎ adsorption dynamics‎,‎ and the availability of three‎-phase boundaries‎.‎Other chapters cover successful heat pipe applications and heat‎-pipe‎-based thermal control of fuel cells‎,‎ solid sorption transformers‎,‎ and electronic components and air‎-condition devices‎.‎ The final chapters summarize the achievements in the field of heat and mass transfer study in heat pipes with variable properties such as gas loaded heat pipes‎.‎ Several configurations of thermosyphons are showcased‎,‎ with suggested applications‎.‎ A number of examples of equipment using the thermosyphon technology are presented and‎,‎ in the final chapter‎,‎ the concept of flow boiling and flow condensation heat transfer in micochannels is analyzed in detail‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ L‎.‎L‎.‎ Vasiliev‎,‎ Sadik Kakac
• Publisher‎:‎ CRC Press
• ISBN‎:‎ 9781466564145