Investigation of performance of gravity assisted copper-water heat pipes
Abstract
An experimental investigation of the hydrodynamics and heat transfer characteristics of gravity aided copper-water heat pipes was carried out. The operating temperature, tilt angle, and liquid inventory within the heat pipe were used as parameters. The data were compared to predictions from a liquid puddle model and the latter was found inadequate for tilted wicked heat pipes. The role of nucleate boiling in causing performance limitation of the heat pipes is discussed.
- Publication:
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Heat Pipes
- Pub Date:
- 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976hepi.rept...23A
- Keywords:
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- Gravitational Effects;
- Heat Pipes;
- Heat Transfer;
- Performance Tests;
- Bubbles;
- Copper;
- Hydrodynamics;
- Nucleate Boiling;
- Performance Prediction;
- Temperature Effects;
- Transport Properties;
- Water;
- Wicks;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering