please share any article or tutorial about simulation of thermo-siphon or wicked heat pipe in cfd or fluent. thanks
You can use multi-phase VOF method with mass transfer mechanism (Evaporation and Condensation).
The following links might be of your interest.
https://www.sharcnet.ca/Software/Ansys/16.2.3/en-us/help/flu_th/flu_th_sec_mp_evap_cond.html
http://www.afs.enea.it/project/neptunius/docs/fluent/html/tg/node290.htm
Can we please have some more answers on this.?
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