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Analysis of Thermal Control Characteristics of VCHP by the Charging Mass of Non-Condensible Gas  

Suh Jeong-Se (School of Mechanical md Aerospace Engineering, GyeongSang National University)
Park Young-Sik (Department of Car-Electronics, Changwon Polytechnic College)
Chung Kyung-Taek (Department of Mechanical Engineering, GyeongSang National University)
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Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering / v.17, no.12, 2005 , pp. 1139-1144 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study has been performed to investigate the thermal performance of variable conductance heat pipe (VCHP) with meshed wick. The length of condenser portion in a VCHP is varied by the expansion of inert gas with the operation temperature, and the heat transport capacity is thus varied with the operating temperature. In this study, numerical evaluation of the VCHP is made for the thermal performance of VCHP, based on the diffusion model of inert gas. Water is used as a working fluid and nitrogen as a control inert gas in the copper tube. As a result, the thermal performance of VCHP has been compared with that of constant conductance heat pipe (CCHP) according to the variation of operation temperature. Maximum heat transport capacity of VCHP is mainly presented for operation temperature and the variation of operation temperature is also presented for heat transfer rate of VCHP.
Keywords
Variable conductance heat pipe; Non-condensible gas; Mass fraction; Mesh wick;
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