Analytical and numerical study of the flow of working fluid in heat pipes

This work presents the analytical and numerical studies of the flow and heat transfer characteristics in two rotating heat pipes, a conical rotating heat pipe and a rotating heat pipe with a cylindrical evaporator. The simplified momentum equations are solved to predict the film thickness and flow f...

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Main Author: Li, Hui Min
Other Authors: Liu, Chang Yu
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19903
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-199032023-03-11T17:35:11Z Analytical and numerical study of the flow of working fluid in heat pipes Li, Hui Min Liu, Chang Yu School of Mechanical and Production Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics This work presents the analytical and numerical studies of the flow and heat transfer characteristics in two rotating heat pipes, a conical rotating heat pipe and a rotating heat pipe with a cylindrical evaporator. The simplified momentum equations are solved to predict the film thickness and flow field. A two-dimensional heat conduction model is developed to predict die temperature distribution across the condensate film and along the pipe wall. Moreover, the wall temperature distribution is evaluated numerically by introducing an analogous electrical circuit model and employing an electrical circuit simulation software 'SPICE'. The amount of fluid charge is estimated from the distribution of the condensate film. And the effect of fluid charge on the operational characteristics of the heat pipe is also investigated. Master of Engineering (MPE) 2009-12-14T07:07:39Z 2009-12-14T07:07:39Z 1992 1992 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19903 en NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 125 p. application/pdf
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Analytical and numerical study of the flow of working fluid in heat pipes
description This work presents the analytical and numerical studies of the flow and heat transfer characteristics in two rotating heat pipes, a conical rotating heat pipe and a rotating heat pipe with a cylindrical evaporator. The simplified momentum equations are solved to predict the film thickness and flow field. A two-dimensional heat conduction model is developed to predict die temperature distribution across the condensate film and along the pipe wall. Moreover, the wall temperature distribution is evaluated numerically by introducing an analogous electrical circuit model and employing an electrical circuit simulation software 'SPICE'. The amount of fluid charge is estimated from the distribution of the condensate film. And the effect of fluid charge on the operational characteristics of the heat pipe is also investigated.
author2 Liu, Chang Yu
author_facet Liu, Chang Yu
Li, Hui Min
format Theses and Dissertations
author Li, Hui Min
author_sort Li, Hui Min
title Analytical and numerical study of the flow of working fluid in heat pipes
title_short Analytical and numerical study of the flow of working fluid in heat pipes
title_full Analytical and numerical study of the flow of working fluid in heat pipes
title_fullStr Analytical and numerical study of the flow of working fluid in heat pipes
title_full_unstemmed Analytical and numerical study of the flow of working fluid in heat pipes
title_sort analytical and numerical study of the flow of working fluid in heat pipes
publishDate 2009
url http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19903
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