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Heat pipes are used in a wide range of applications, including electronics cooling, die-casting and injection moulding, heat recovery and energy conservation, de-icing and manufacturing process temperature control, and in domestic appliances. An essential guide for practicing engineers and an ideal text for postgraduate students, the book takes a highly practical approach to the design and selection of heat pipes. It is both a useful sourcebook and an accessible introduction for those approaching the topic for the first time. * Suitable for use as a professional reference and graduate text; contains all information required to design and manufacture a heat pipe * Revised with greater coverage of key electronics cooling application and a new design guide
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Heat Pipes Fifth Edition This page intentionally left blank Heat Pipes Fifth Edition D.A. Reay David Reay & Associates, Whitley Bay, UK P.A. Kew Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON • NEW YORK • OXFORD PARIS • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA Fifth edition 2006 Copyright © 2006, David Reay and Peter Kew. All rights reserved The right of David Reay and Peter Kew to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright holder except in accordance with the provisions of th