Re: [Phys-l] Heat transfer lab

[Bennett <bennett@oakland.edu>]

The only one I had experience with was a turkey-baking aid.

I don't think gravity would be very reliable in that use.



On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Edmiston, Mike <edmiston@bluffton.edu>wrote:

> Clarence Bennett mentioned wicks to return the liquid in a heat pipe.
>  Indeed, if you Google "heat pipe" and choose "images" there are quite a few
> photos and schematics of various heat pipe designs, and some of them use
> wicks.
>
>
> Michael D. Edmiston, Ph.D.
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> I seem to recall that the heat pipes included some sort of wick to return
> the liquid to the hot end.
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> Clarence Bennett
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