Advanced Structurally Embedded Thermal Spreader Oscillating Heat Pipe Micro-Gravity Flight Experiment

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Bruce L. Drolen ◽  
Corey A. Wilson ◽  
Brenton S. Taft ◽  
Jonathan Allison ◽  
Kevin W. Irick
Keyword(s):  
Heat Pipe ◽  
Oscillating Heat Pipe ◽  
Flight Experiment ◽  
Micro Gravity

Experimental and Numerical Simulation for Thermal Investigation of Oscillating Heat Pipe Using VOF Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1A) ◽  
pp. 88-104
Author(s):  
Anwar S. Barrak ◽  
Ahmed A. M. Saleh ◽  
Zainab H. Naji
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Resistance ◽  
Heat Pipe ◽  
Heat Input ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Maximum Deviation ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Maximum Heat ◽  
Oscillating Heat Pipe ◽  
Vof Model

This study is investigated the thermal performance of seven turns of the oscillating heat pipe (OHP) by an experimental investigation and CFD simulation. The OHP is designed and made from a copper tube with an inner diameter 3.5 mm and thickness 0.6 mm and the condenser, evaporator, and adiabatic lengths are 300, 300, and 210 mm respectively.  Water is used as a working fluid with a filling ratio of 50% of the total volume. The evaporator part is heated by hot air (35, 40, 45, and 50) oC with various face velocity (0.5, 1, and 1.5) m/s. The condenser section is cold by air at temperature 15 oC. The CFD simulation is done by using the volume of fluid (VOF) method to model two-phase flow by conjugating a user-defined function code (UDF) to the FLUENT code. Results showed that the maximum heat input is 107.75 W while the minimum heat is 13.75 W at air inlet temperature 35 oC with air velocity 0.5m/s. The thermal resistance decreased with increasing of heat input. The results were recorded minimum thermal resistance 0.2312 oC/W at 107.75 W and maximum thermal resistance 1.036 oC/W at 13.75W. In addition, the effective thermal conductivity increased due to increasing heat input.  The numerical results showed a good agreement with experimental results with a maximum deviation of 15%.

Temperature-Controllable Oscillating Heat Pipe

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 386-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoko Iwata ◽  
Hiroyuki Ogawa ◽  
Yoshiro Miyazaki
Keyword(s):  
Heat Pipe ◽  
Oscillating Heat Pipe
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document