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-90,-45,-30,-15, 0, 5, 45, 90 Gas-Loaded
60 C 80C



Gas-Loaded

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Design and Performance Testing of Screen Mesh Wicked Heat Pipe

Mr. Thirapat Kitinirunkul
Miss Sutarat Tangchan
Bachelor of Engineering
Chemical Engineering
2012
Mr. Boonchai Chotiviriyavanich

ABSTRACT
This project studied the principle of heat pipe and factors affecting its thermal performance.
The design heat pipe is made of copper tube and water is used as working fluid. The wick structure
constructed by 3 layers of stainless screen mesh. Studied factors are operating temperature at 60 C
and 80 C of heat source; axial of heat pipe is place at -90,-45,-30,-15, 0, 5, 45, and 90 degrees from
horizontal and Gas-Loaded heat pipe. The experimental results show that at high temperature heat
pipe can transport higher heat than low temperature. For the angle of heat pipe, increasing angle from
horizontal where heat source is placed above decreases heat transfer rate. Furthermore, gas-loaded
heat pipe is used to improve in thermal performance. Because of blockage of non-condensable gas in
condenser section, heat transfer rate decreases. The gas-loaded heat pipe has reservoir gas at the end
of condenser section to increase in heat transfer area of heat sink and the results show that it can
increase thermal performance of heat pipe.