Accepted Manuscript Experimental Research on the Start-up Characteristics and Heat Transfer Per- formance of Pulsating Heat Pipes with Rectangular Channels Chao Hua, Xuehui Wang, Xu Gao, Haoce Zheng, Xiaohong Han, Guangming Chen PII: S1359-4311(17)31303-0 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.02.106 Reference: ATE 9987 To appear in: Applied Thermal Engineering Received Date: 28 September 2016 Revised Date: 18 February 2017 Accepted Date: 25 February 2017 Please cite this article as: C. Hua, X. Wang, X. Gao, H. Zheng, X. Han, G. Chen, Experimental Research on the Start-up Characteristics and Heat Transfer Performance of Pulsating Heat Pipes with Rectangular Channels, Applied Thermal Engineering (2017), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.02.106 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.