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ReviewMicromachines2025

Experimental Research Progress on Gas-Liquid Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics in Micro Pulsating Heat Pipes.

Jun Chen, Hao Tian, Wanli Xu, Huangdong Guo, Chao Wang, Jincheng Gu, Yichao Cao

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Review in Micromachines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Jun ChenSchool of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, School of Energy, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China.
Hao TianSchool of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, School of Energy, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China.
Wanli XuSchool of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, School of Energy, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China.
Huangdong GuoSchool of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, School of Energy, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China.
Chao WangSchool of Intelligent Manufacturing and Smart Transportation, Suzhou City University, Suzhou 215104, China.
Jincheng GuValiant Co., Ltd., Yantai 264006, China.
Yichao CaoJiangsu Key Laboratory of High Performance Fiber Composites, Changzhou 213135, China.

Funding

Advanced Perception and Intelligent Equipment Engineering Research Center of Jiangsu Prov-ince Open Projects Fund 2025ZBYJ06The Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China 24KJB470021The scientific research start-up fee in the second half of 2022 ZMF23020050
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Abstract

As the power density of microelectronic devices and components continues to increase, thermal management has become a critical bottleneck limiting their performance and reliability. With its advantages of effective heat dissipation, no need for external power, and good safety, the micro pulsating heat pipe (MPHP) exhibits unique application advantages and enormous development potential when compared to other cutting-edge thermal management solutions, such as embedded microchannel cooling technology, which has complicated manufacturing processes and is prone to leakage, or thermoelectric material cooling technology, which is limited by material efficiency and self-heating. However, a pulsating heat pipe (PHP) is vulnerable to the combined impacts of several elements (scale effects, wall effects, and interfacial effects) at the micro-scale, which can lead to highly variable heat transfer characteristics and complex two-phase flow behavior. There are still few thorough experimental reviews on this subject, despite the fact that many researchers have concentrated on the MPHP and carried out in-depth experimental investigations on their flow and heat transmission mechanisms. In order to provide strong theoretical support for optimizing the design of the MPHP cooling devices, this paper reviews previous experimental research on the MPHP with the goal of thoroughly clarifying the mechanisms of gas-liquid two-phase flow and heat/mass transfer within them. The definition of MPHP is first explained, along with its internal energy transmission principles and structural features. The motion states of gas-liquid two-phase working fluids in the MPHP from previous experimental investigations are then thoroughly examined, highlighting their distinctive flow patterns and evolution mechanisms. Lastly, the variations in thermal performance between different kinds of MPHPs are examined, along with the factors that affect them.

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fluid dynamics behaviorheat transfer characteristicsMPHPvisualization experiment

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PMID41597818
PMCPMC12843807

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