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Investigation into the performance of a micro gravitational heat pipe and a micro gravitational heat pipe with artery
Author(s) -
Riffat S.B.,
Zhao X.,
Doherty P.S.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.858
Subject(s) - heat pipe , micro loop heat pipe , mechanics , gravitation , thermosiphon , thermal , pipe flow , loop heat pipe , mechanical engineering , heat transfer , engineering , materials science , physics , thermodynamics , classical mechanics , turbulence
The performance of a normal micro gravitational heat pipe was investigated using the analytical and numerical models previously developed. An innovative structure of the heat pipe, i.e. the micro gravitational heat pipe with artery, was then proposed in an attempt to overcome some of the drawbacks of the normal pipe. The thermal behaviour of the new type of heat pipe was simulated, and this was compared with that of a normal micro heat pipe. A performance estimation of both pipes was carried out based on the simulation results. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.