Effects of Heating Temperature on the Isothermal Performance of a Potassium Concentric Annular Heat Pipe

Hongzhe Zhang, Fang Ye, Hang Guo and Xiaoke Yan
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Hongzhe Zhang: MOE Key Laboratory of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation, Beijing Key Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion, College of Energy and Power Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Fang Ye: MOE Key Laboratory of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation, Beijing Key Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion, College of Energy and Power Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Hang Guo: MOE Key Laboratory of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation, Beijing Key Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion, College of Energy and Power Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Xiaoke Yan: National Institute of Metrology, Beijing 100013, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-13

Abstract: For high-precision thermocouple calibration, the uniformity of the temperature field provided by the metal temperature equalizing block is low, and the structure of the gas-controlled heat pipe is complex. In order to improve the thermocouple calibration equipment, heat pipe technology can be used to provide the stability and uniformity of the temperature field of the equipment. The concentric annular heat pipe (CAHP) is completely placed in the heating furnace to provide a uniform temperature field, and limited studies consider this heating mode for alkali metal CAHPs. Specifically, no information is available on the effect of heating temperatures on the temperature distribution of the internal pipe of potassium CAHP. In this study, a temperature comparison based on potassium CAHP for high-precision thermocouple calibration was manufactured. The temperature stability and temperature uniformity of CAHP were measured, and the effects of heating temperature and heating mode on the isothermal performance in the metering wells of CAHP were studied. The CAHP can provide a very stable and uniform temperature field. Under uniform heating at 400 °C, the maximum temperature difference within 16 cm was 0.174 °C. After adjusting the heating mode, the maximum temperature difference was within 16 cm 0.095 °C. The CAHP can effectively reduce the influence of heating temperature fluctuation on the temperature in the metering well; the maximum temperature change rate of the metering wells affected by the heating furnace temperature was 0.0942 °C/°C.

Keywords: potassium; concentric annular heat pipe; isothermal performance; temperature calibration; metering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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