Home▸Energy & Thermodynamics▸Heat Pipe (2D): Evaporation, Vapour Flow & Condensation

Heat Pipe (2D): Evaporation, Vapour Flow & Condensation

Set evaporator and condenser temperature, pipe length and wick material — watch vapour carry heat down the core and liquid crawl back through the wick, with a live temperature profile and capillary-limit readout.

Energy & Thermodynamics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

This 2D companion runs the same thermal-resistance model as the 3D heat pipe — R_total = R_evap + R_adiab + R_cond + R_wick, Q = min(ΔT/R_total, Q_max) — on a flat cross-section view: vapour particles stream from the hot evaporator to the cool condenser, liquid-return particles crawl back through the wick bands, and a temperature-profile strip below the pipe lets you probe T(x) while the panel flags dry-out once the capillary limit is exceeded.

⚙ Under the hood

Canvas2D heat-pipe cross-section with the same two-phase thermal-resistance and capillary-limit physics as the 3D build, driven by four live controls.

heat pipeenergythermodynamicscooling

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install