Heat pipe has its working fluid sealed between two flat panels rather than in conventional cylindrical housing. Metal wick is installed between planes to provide continuous fluid path in cooperation with capillary groves on inside surfaces of plates. Heat pipe is easily coupled to flat surfaces such as integrated circuit substrates, mirrors, and electronic cold plates and is more effective than conventional heat pipes when removing heat in these applications.
Flat-plate heat pipe
NASA Tech Briefs ; 3 , 1
1978-06-01
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