本研究利用自行設計之可視化平板熱管，使用水、甲醇、丙酮三種不同工作流體，觀察與測量在100+200 mesh 銅網蒸發區中燒結奈米銅粉或添加奈米氧化鋁粉對蒸發特性的影響。在水方面，有奈米顆粒的蒸發熱阻值會低於無奈米顆粒的蒸發熱阻值，且最大熱傳量會增加，此外不論有無加奈米顆粒，皆無沸騰產生；甲醇方面，有時會產生沸騰，沸騰的出現會使得蒸發熱阻值比未出現沸騰時明顯的降低，然而最大熱傳量並無太大差異；丙酮方面，有無添加奈米顆粒對於蒸發熱阻值及最大熱傳量並無太大影響，且皆可在實驗過程中觀察到大面積沸騰現象。

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