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A capillary pumped heat transfer loop involved an evaporator, a condenser and a reservoir tank for storing a heat transfer fluid, the evaporator being provided with a porous material for generating capillary pumping pressure within the loop; the tank and the evaporator are mutually thermally insulat

A capillary pumped heat transfer loop involved an evaporator, a condenser and a reservoir tank for storing a heat transfer fluid, the evaporator being provided with a porous material for generating capillary pumping pressure within the loop; the tank and the evaporator are mutually thermally insulated and interconnected via a channel that has as a first portion a capillary connection for pumping the heat transfer fluid from the tank to the porous material, and has a second portion for conveying gas bubbles and/or steam from the evaporator to the tank, the tank being arranged to be kept at a lower temperature than the evaporator.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A capillary pumped heat transfer loop comprising at least one evaporator, at least one condenser and a reservoir for storing a heat transfer fluid, said evaporator comprising an output connected by a vapor line to an input of the condenser, an output of the condenser being connected

[ I claim:] [1.] A capillary pumped heat transfer loop comprising at least one evaporator, at least one condenser and a reservoir for storing a heat transfer fluid, said evaporator comprising an output connected by a vapor line to an input of the condenser, an output of the condenser being connected to the reservoir, said evaporator comprising an evaporator body and being provided with a porous material provided for producing a capillary pumping pressure inside the loop and applying that pressure on the heat transfer fluid starting from a surface of a material in contact with the evaporator body, said evaporator being also provided for evaporating the heat transfer fluid by heat absorption, characterized in that the reservoir and the evaporator are thermally isolated from each other and connected to each other by a conduit comprising a first part formed by a capillary link provided for pumping the heat transfer fluid from the reservoir towards the porous material and a second part provided for evacuating gas bubbles and/or vapor formed within the evaporator towards the reservoir, which reservoir is provided to be kept at a temperature inferior to a temperature of the evaporator.