Chang-Yu Liu
School of Mechanical & Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Kai Choong Leong
Singapore Centre for 3D Printing, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Republic of Singapore
Y.W. Wong
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
F.L. Tan
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
A water flat plate heat pipe was designed, fabricated and tested. The axial heat conductance was obtained. This value was used together with the circuit software "SPICE" to calculate the temperature distribution along the surface of the heat pipe. Good agreement was obtained. A software was also developed to facilitate the design of a flat plate heat pipe. Comparison was made between the experimental and calculated results. Reasonable agreement was also achieved.