Research Article
3D Heat Transfer Analysis of a Miniature Copper-Water Vapor Chamber with Wicked Pillars Array
Table 1
Specifications of the structure of the two vapor chambers.
| | With wicked pillars | Without wicked pillars |
| Material of chamber | Copper | Copper | Material of wick | Sintered copper powder | Sintered copper powder | Working medium | Distilled water | Distilled water | Size of chamber | | | Thickness of chamber | 0.8 mm | 0.8 mm | Thickness of wick | 0.5 mm | 0.5 mm | Area of heat source | | | Area of cooling surface | | | Diameter of wicked pillars | 5 mm
| — | Height of wicked pillars | 1.4 mm | — | Number of wicked pillars | 36 | — |
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