.. _sphx_glr_examples_heat_pipe_in_cylindrical_geometry:

Heat pipe in cylindrical geometry (EOS3)
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Heat pipes are systems in which an efficient heat transfer takes place by means of a liquid-vapor counterflow process, with vaporization and condensation occurring at the hot and cold ends, respectively. Heat pipe processes occur naturally on a large scale (kilometers) in two-phase geothermal reservoirs, and they may be induced artificially if heat-generating nuclear waste packages are emplaced above the water table in partially saturated geologic formations.

The present problem models such high-level nuclear waste emplacement in an approximate way. This problem corresponds to the sample problem No. 2 of TOUGH2 User Guide.



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  :ref:`sphx_glr_examples_heat_pipe_in_cylindrical_geometry_2_postprocessing.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Plot profiles</div>
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   /examples/heat_pipe_in_cylindrical_geometry/1_preprocessing
   /examples/heat_pipe_in_cylindrical_geometry/2_postprocessing