Title : Experimental and Computational analysis of Heat Pipe.

Name: Mr. Adarsh V. Gaddam

Roll No. : 2017MTEMEHP010

Guide Name : Prof. B. N. NAIK

Abstract

A heat pipe is a heat transfer device that is capable of conveying large amounts of energy by
cyclic evaporation-condensation processes. A heat pipe is comprised of a vacuumed-sealed
container charged with an appropriate amount of working fluid. The inner surface of the
container is covered with a wick material. When heat is applied to one end of container called
the evaporator, the liquid working fluid is vaporized. The vapour then travels toward the
other end of the container, called the condenser. In the condenser section of the heat pipe, the
vapour condenses transferring energy to a heat sink. The resulting liquid is driven back to the
evaporator by the capillary pressure provided by the wick structure. Using these mechanisms,
heat pipes can exhibit heat transfer rates that are up to orders of magnitude higher than those
seen in highly conductive metals. This feature makes the use of heat pipes desirable in many
applications, such as thermal energy storage systems and electronic cooling.
Here we want to conduct experimental studies to investigate the effects of different
parameters on the thermal performance of heat pipes. These studies can be classified into
different groups: studying the heat pipe operating conditions, investigating the type of wick
structure, the effects of the working fluid type or the geometry of the heat pipe.
The computational analysis is to be performing with the help of CFD simulation software.
This result is in the form of charts and contours. The obtained CFD results are now compare
with experimental results. The results obtained from this experiment were also used to verify
a previously developed numerical model.

Keywords : Heat transfer, CFD(computational fluid dynamics), evaporation, condensation,

capillary.

References:

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(2017) 1209–1215

Gaddam Adarsh V. Prof. B. N. Naik

(M.Tech-Heat Power Engg.) (Seminar Guide)