Heat Pipes: Theory, Design and Applications

By David Reay, Ryan McGlen and Peter Kew

Heat Pipes, Sixth Edition, takes a highly practical approach to the design and selection of heat pipes, making it an essential guide for practicing engineers and an ideal text for postgraduate students.This new edition has been revised to include new information on the underlying theory of heat pipes and heat transfer, and features fully updated applications, new data sections, and updated chapters on design and electronics cooling. The book is a useful reference for those with experience and an accessible introduction for those approaching the topic for the first time.

• Contains all information required to design and manufacture a heat pipe
• Suitable for use as a professional reference and graduate text
• Revised with greater coverage of key electronic cooling applications

• Language: English
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Release date: Oct 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9780080982793

David Reay

Professor Reay manages David Reay & Associates, UK, and he is a Visiting Professor at Northumbria University, Emeritus Professor at Newcastle University, and Honorary Professor Brunel University London, UK. His main research interests are compact heat exchangers, process intensification, and heat pumps. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Thermal Science and Engineering Progress and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Thermofluids, both are published by Elsevier. Prof. Reay is the Author/Co-author of eight other books.

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