Evaporative heat transfer model of a loop heat pipe with bidisperse wick structure. (English) Zbl 1227.80024
Summary: A mathematical model of evaporative heat transfer in a loop heat pipe was developed and compared with experiments. The steady-state thermal performance was predicted for different sintered nickel wicks, including monoporous and bidisperse structures. The effect of wick pore size distribution on heat transfer was taken into consideration. The wick in the evaporator was assumed to possess three regions during vaporization from an applied heat load: a vapor blanket, a two-phase region, and a saturated liquid region. The evaporator wall temperature and the total thermal resistance at different heat loads were predicted using ammonia as the working fluid. The predictions showed distinct heat transfer characteristics and higher performance for the bidisperse wick in contrast with monoporous wick. A bidisperse wick was able to decrease the thickness of the vapor blanket region, which presents a thermal resistance and causes lower heat transfer capacity of the evaporator. Additionally, a validation test presented good agreement with the experiments.
MSC:
| 80A20 | Heat and mass transfer, heat flow (MSC2010) |
| 80-05 | Experimental work for problems pertaining to classical thermodynamics |
| 76S05 | Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage |
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