FROZEN START-UP BEHAVIOR OF LOW-TEMPERATURE HEAT PIPES

被引:10
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FAGHRI, A
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[1] Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton
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14;
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10.1016/0017-9310(92)90139-J
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O414.1 [热力学];
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摘要
Start-up and subsequent operation of a low-temperature heat pipe requires the liquid phase of the operating fluid to be continuously pumped back to the evaporator by the capillary action of the wick. If the pipe has been in an environment where ambient temperatures are below the freezing point of the working fluid prior to start-up, the frozen fluid in the condenser and adiabatic regions can prevent initial flow to the evaporator, causing dryout of the evaporator before all of the working fluid is in the liquid phase. This paper examines the time-dependent wall and vapor temperature profiles along the axial length of a low-temperature heat pipe during start-up from the frozen state, and freeze-out during normal operation by applying a subfreezing temperature fluid through the condenser. In addition, the experimental transient frozen start-up wall temperature profile is compared with a two-dimensional numerical phase-change model. A successful start-up method using a pulsed power input is presented.
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页码:1681 / 1694
页数:14
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