The oral presentation of parts of this paper was very well received at the following conferences:

(i) Microgravity Transport Processes in Fluid, Thermal, Biological and Material Sciences III, Engineering Conferences International, Davos, Switzerland, September 14 - 19, 2003.

(ii) ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 21 - 23, 2003.

One of the JHT Reviewers had this to say:

"The topic of the paper is appropriate for publication in the Journal of Heat Transfer. Analysis of internal condensing flows and the effects of various parameters are of interest to a great number of researchers involved in heat pipe design and their various applications.

This reviewer found the paper easy and worthwhile to read because of the logical organization and clear presentation. Technical methods are valid. A good assessment of the state of the of knowledge in the related areas is provided and the paper gives proper credit to authors in the field. ..."