Analysis of heat exchange in the compensation chamber of a loop heat pipe

Mariya A. Chernysheva, Vladimir G. Pastukhov and Yury F. Maydanik

Energy, 2013, vol. 55, issue C, 253-262

Abstract: A three-dimensional heat–and–mass transfer model of a flat evaporator of a loop heat pipe has been developed for investigating heat–and–mass in a compensation chamber filled with a liquid. Numerical simulation was implemented using EFDLab® software package in order to predict the temperature distribution of the flat evaporator of a copper-water LHP (loop heat pipe) as well as the flow streamline and velocity field in the compensation chamber as a function of heat load. A computer simulation makes it possible to evaluate the heat exchange at the inner surface of the compensation chamber. Heat exchange data were used as a boundary condition in researching the problem of the drying effect of a wick and a transformation of the evaporating front in the active zone of the flat evaporator.

Keywords: Loop heat pipe; Flat evaporator; Compensation chamber; Heat–and–mass transfer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.04.014

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