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The use of water in loop heat pipes (LHP) is known to be desirable: water is almost freely available; it exhibits high thermal performance and is non-toxic. Nevertheless, water has a major drawback which is its anomalous expansion when cooled down to a negative temperature. This is likely to damage the capillary wick of the LHP. To overcome this problem, a storage tank may be coupled to the loop heat...