AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF CONVENTIONAL HEAT PIPE WITH WATER, ACETONE AND METHANOL AS WORKING FLUID

An experimentation investigation of thermal performance of conventional heat pipes (CHPs) with Water, Acetone and Methanol as working fluid determine the effect of heat transfer and overall system performance at a given constrained dimensional heat source. The experimental investigation included start-up time and temperature, the average, minimum, and maximum evaporator temperature during its operation, the overall heat transfer capability, and the overall thermal resistance of the system, also the behavior of conventional heat pipe under different heat inputs and with the different working fluids. To achieve the goal the experimental setup is fabricated and tested with three different working fluids Water, Acetone and Methanol with the filling ratio of 60 %. This work provides the detailed discussion on the thermal performance of CHP with Water, Acetone and Methanol as working fluid and behavior of CHP at different heat inputs.