复合中空热管传热性能研究

为了解决工业中的大量低品质烟气余热的回收利用和烟气酸露点腐蚀导致设备容易失效的工程问题,提出了一种复合中空热管传热元件,介绍了其结构及工作原理;对其内部传热机理进行了分析,并对其启动特性、等温性能和传热性能进行了试验研究。研究结果表明:复合中空热管在外管壁温度30℃时,加热时间2 min之内就能正常快速启动工作;在自然空气对流冷却条件下,具有较好的等温特性;复合中空热管的传热系数随着冷却水雷诺数的增加而增加;在加热蒸汽温度低于125℃的低温蒸汽加热条件下,当冷却水的雷诺数为6650时,复合中空热管的传热系数为1350W/(m2.℃)。试验研究结果为复合中空热管换热器的工程应用提供了基础。     

Performance investigation of heat pipe using aqueous solution of n-Pentanol with different inclinations

The orientation of the heat pipe plays the significant role in its performance. In specific orientations, the performance of the heat pipe is directly related to the wick structure. In conventional heat pipe, the working fluid is used a negative surface-tension gradient with temperature. It is an unfavorable one and it decreases the heat transport between the evaporator section and the condenser section. An Aqueous solution of n-Pentanol having a positive surface tension gradient with temperature is suggested as a working medium for heat pipe to improve the performance of capillary limit and operating stability. The objective of this paper is to perform a comparative study of heat pipe performance using the aqueous solution of n-Pentanol with water at various inclinations. The results are presented to demonstrate the merits and suitability of the aqueous solution of n-Pentanol as a working fluid for heat pipe.     

Development of hybrid loop heat pipe using pump assistance for cooling application on high heat flux device

Loop heat pipe (LHP) is an effective two-phase heat transfer device that utilizes evaporation and condensation of a working fluid. LHP is widely used in a passive cooling system, highly reliable and a very high thermal conductive device. However, extreme power density can cause dry-out in the evaporator section of LHP and might hinder the performance of the cooling system. The purpose of this research is to design and manufacture a new prototype of LHP by modifying the conventional LHP. The modification was performed by adding a diaphragm pump, called hybrid loop heat pipe (HLHP). The experimental results show that the installation of pumps in the modified LHP was able to prevent the occurrence of a dry out and reduce the operating temperature. Under a constant conductance mode, the pump was activated for 20 minutes and succeded in forcing the system to a new stable condition with a significant temperature drop. These results indicate that HLHP is very promising as a two-phase cooling system that can be proposed for devices that produce high heat flux.

     

Thermal characteristics of an ammonia-charged closed-loop pulsating heat pipe

At this age, engineering applications are demanding effective ways of heat recovery and energy savings for their optimum performance. Among other cooling techniques, pulsating heat pipes have emerged as a convenient and cost effective thermal design solution due to its excellent heat transfer capability, high thermal efficiency and structural simplicity. The paper presents an experimental study on the operational limit of an aluminum closed-loop pulsating heat pipe (CLPHP) charged with ammonia. It consists of total 14 turns of aluminum pipe with 3 mm inner and 4 mm outer diameter. Ammonia was used as working fluid with 3 different filling ratios such as 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8. Operation orientations were vertical, 30°, 45°, 60°, 90° and 180° inclinations. Constant electric heat input of 36 W was applied to the heating block and temperature rise in various sections was monitored till steady state was reached. Temperature was measured at different locations of the CLPHP by using thermocouples. The effects of operational orientations and filling ratios were investigated on heat transfer by working fluid Q̇_php (Watt), overall heat transfer coefficient U (W/m² °C) and thermal resistance R (°C/W) considering the measured temperature. The result shows that, 0.4 and 0.6 fill ratios and inclination angle of 30º give better result than any other arrangements for CLPHP.

     

Manufacturing and temperature measurements of a sodium heat pipe

A high-temperature sodium stainless steel heat pipe was fabricated and its performance has been investigated. The working fluid was sodium and it was sealed inside a straight tube container made of stainless steel. The amount of sodium occupied approximately 20% of the total volume of the heat pipe and its weight was 65.7gram. The length of a stainless steel container is 1002mm and its outside diameter is 25.4mm. Performance tests were carried out in a room air condition under a free convective environment and the measured temperatures are presented. The start-up behavior of the heat pipe from a frozen state was investigated for various heat input values between 600W and 1205W. In steady state, axial temperature distributions of a heat pipe were measured and its heat transfer rates were estimated in the range of vapor temperature from 500°C to 630°C. It is found that there are small temperature differences in the vapor core along the axial direction of a sodium heat pipe for the high operating temperatures. But for the range of low operating temperatures there are large temperature drops along the vapor core region of a sodium heat pipe, because a small vapor pressure drop makes a large temperature drop. The transition temperature was reached more rapidly in the cases of high heat input rate for the sodium heat pipe.     

Isothermal characteristics of a rectangular parallelepiped sodium heat pipe

The isothermal characteristics of a rectangular parallelepiped sodium heat pipe were investigated for high-temperature applications. The heat pipes was made of stainless steel of which the dimension was 140 m(L) ×95m(W) ×46m(H) and the thickness of the container was 5 mm. Both inner surfaces of evaporator and condenser were covered with screen meshes to help spread the liquid state working fluid. To provide additional path for the working fluid, a lattice structure covered with screen mesh wick was inserted in the heat pipe. The bottom surface of the heat pipe was heated by an electric heater and the top surface was cooled by circulating coolant. The concern in this study was to enhance the temperature uniformity at the bottom surface of the heat pipe while an uneven heat source up to 900 W was in contact. The temperature distribution over the bottom surface was monitored at more than twenty six locations. It was found that the operating performance of the sodium heat pipe was critically affected by the inner wall temperature of the condenser region where the working fluid may be changed to a solid phase unless the temperature was higher than its melting point. The maximum temperature difference across the bottom surface was observed to be 114^°C for 850 W thermal load and 100^°C coolant inlet temperature. The effects of fill charge ratio, coolant inlet temperature and operating temperature on thermal performance of heat pipe were analyzed and discussed.     

Effect of working-fluid filling ratio and cooling-water flow rate on the performance of solar collector with closed-loop oscillating heat pipe

This study experimentally investigated the effect of the working-fluid filling ratio (FR) and the cooling-water flow rate (CWFR) on the top heat loss and the performance of a solar collector equipped with a closed-loop oscillating heat pipe (CLOHP). The CLOHP was composed of a heating section, a cooling section, and an adiabatic section; it had a 0.002-m internal diameter and eight turns. The heating section was attached to a copper plate coated with black chrome, which absorbed energy from a solar simulator that had 12 halogen lamps and was controlled by a voltage regulator. The cooling section was inserted into the collector’s cooling box, which was made of a transparent acrylic plate. The FR of the working fluid ranged from 30% to 80% with a 10% interval, and the CWFRs were 0.15 l/min, 0.30 l/min, and 0.45 l/min. The experimental results show that the solar collector equipped with the CLOHP has good performance at working-fluid FRs of 60% and 70% with low flow rates of 0.15 l/min and 0.30 l/min.     

Comparative study on heat transfer characteristics of nanofluidic thermosyphon and grooved heat pipe

The present study used TiO₂-nanofluid with different volume ratios as the working fluids of a therrmosyphon and grooved heat pipe and investigated various parameters such as volume concentration of nanoparticles, orientation, heat flux, and cooling media. Further, the present study used nanofluids and dispersed TiO₂-nanoparticles into pure water with each cross-blended concentration of 0.05%, 0.1%, 0.5%, and 1%. The authors observed the best heat transfer performance in the 0.05% concentration with thermosyphon. The present study presents the enhancement of heat transfer performance with TiO₂-nanofluids, and fabricated a heat pipe from a straight stainless steel tube with an outer diameter and length of 10 and 500 mm, respectively. At the optimum condition for the pure refrigerant, the thermosyphon with 0.05% TiO₂-nanoparticle concentration gave 1.40 times higher efficiency than that of pure water.     

Investigation of the feasibility and effectiveness in using heat pipe-embedded drills by finite element analysis

Drilling is a sufficiently severe machining process coupled with thermomechanical effect, in which mechanical work is converted to heat through the plastic deformation involved in chip formation and friction between tool and workpiece. The elevated temperature at the tool–chip interface has deleterious effects on the dimensional accuracy of the workpiece and shortens the service life of the tool. In this paper, the feasibility and effectiveness of heat pipe cooling in drilling operations are investigated numerically. A new embedded heat pipe technology was utilized to remove the heat generated at the tool interface in the foregoing cutting process. Numerical studies involved four different cooling conditions, i.e., dry drilling, fluid cooling, heat pipe cooling, and heat pipe cooling with cutting fluid supplied. The thermal, structural static, and dynamic characteristics of the drill were investigated using a numerical calculation with fast finite element plus solvers based on explicit finite element analysis software COSMOS\works. The results demonstrate that the heat pipe drill is most feasible and effective in the actual drilling processes.     

单相阶段板式多喷嘴阵列喷雾冷却的试验研究

喷雾冷却由于在较小的工质流量下可以实现很高的散热能力,在高热流密度散热、电子元器件热控等领域具有广阔的应用前景。针对较大面积的发热表面的温度控制和热量散出,本文建立闭式喷雾冷却循环系统,并选取板式多喷嘴阵列,对其在单相阶段瞬态和稳态时的换热特性进行研究。系统选取水为工质,冷却30mm×30mm的发热表面。试验中测试了板式多喷嘴阵列的雾化性能,并得出了在单相阶段时瞬态的温度变化曲线和不同体积流量下的喷雾冷却曲线。试验结果表明,板式多喷嘴阵列的雾化特性较为均匀,且喷雾冷却在单相阶段能达到较高换热性能,而流量对换热影响明显,在更大的流量下换热性能更显著。     

Analysis of collapse in flattening a micro-grooved heat pipe by lateral compression

The collapse of thin-walled micro-grooved heat pipes is a common phenomenon in the tube flattening process, which seriously influences the heat transfer performance and appearance of heat pipe. At present, there is no other better method to solve this problem. A new method by heating the heat pipe is proposed to eliminate the collapse during the flattening process. The effectiveness of the proposed method is investigated through a theoretical model, a finite element(FE) analysis, and experimental method. Firstly, A theoretical model based on a deformation model of six plastic hinges and the Antoine equation of the working fluid is established to analyze the collapse of thin walls at different temperatures. Then, the FE simulation and experiments of flattening process at different temperatures are carried out and compared with theoretical model. Finally, the FE model is followed to study the loads of the plates at different temperatures and heights of flattened heat pipes. The results of the theoretical model conform to those of the FE simulation and experiments in the flattened zone. The collapse occurs at room temperature. As the temperature increases, the collapse decreases and finally disappears at approximately 130 ℃ for various heights of flattened heat pipes. The loads of the moving plate increase as the temperature increases. Thus, the reasonable temperature for eliminating the collapse and reducing the load is approximately 130 ℃. The advantage of the proposed method is that the collapse is reduced or eliminated by means of the thermal deformation characteristic of heat pipe itself instead of by external support. As a result, the heat transfer efficiency of heat pipe is raised.     

强制冷却下闭式回路脉动热管启动性能的试验研究

针对闭式脉动热管搭建试验平台,用紫铜管做试件,管内径2.7mm,全长1384mm,6弯头,丙酮为工质,采用底部电加热、上部分别采用强制对流冷却和自然对流冷却,分析了强制对流下脉动热管的启动特征及性能,对比了不同冷却方式对脉动热管启动性能的影响。结果表明,脉动热管在强制冷却下存在两种启动方式:低功率下呈现间歇性温度突变型启动特征;高功率下呈现光滑缓慢连续启动特征并可以稳定运行。强制对流冷却方式不仅能够改善脉动热管传热,更有助于脉动热管的稳定运行。     

Investigation of heat partition in dry turning assisted by heat pipe cooling

Dissipation of the cutting heat through the cutting tool assisted by the heat pipe is a new cooling method in metal cutting. However, as an important indicator to evaluate the cooling performance, the heat partition in the cutting process for the heat pipe cutter has not been reported in the previous publications. This investigation is concerned with the estimation of the amount of heat flowing into the heat pipe cutter and that dissipated by the heat pipe. The aim is to characterize the heat partition of the heat pipe cutter and thus evaluate its cooling performance. Experimental results are presented of temperature measurements at the accessible positions on the cutter during orthogonal cutting. With these measured temperatures, the finite different methods and an inverse procedure are utilized to solve the heat flux loaded on the tool–chip interface and the amount of heat flowing into each part of the heat pipe cutter. It is shown that the installation of the heat pipe increases the heat flowing into the tool; however, much greater amount of heat can be dissipated by the heat pipe; this results in the reduction of the temperature at tool–chip interface.     

Experimental study on nanofludic heat pipe hot chuck plate in semiconductor wafer baking process

The temperature uniformity on a heat pipe hot chuck (HPHC) during semiconductor wafer processing has been an important factor to critical dimension (300 mm) uniformity as the feature size of semiconductors decreases and productivity density increases due to the new process of nano size special manufacturing technology. To design the present heat pipe hot chuck system, which has enhanced temperature uniformity for the wafer process, the heat distribution of the system was analyzed experimentally with various working fluids such as water, TiO₂, ATO, ITO, Al₂O₃, and Ag-nanofluids and 8 cell structures. Unlike the conventional solid state chuck, the present heat pipe hot chuck system consists of a heat pipe containing specially charged working fluid. Various working fluids have been tested to find best temperature uniformity feature on the top surface of hot chuck. TiO₂-nanofluid was used and tested as the working fluid of the heat pipe hot chuck system in this paper. The temperature uniformity of upper surface was sustained in the range of ±1°C. A nano-porous layer was observed on the surface with the good result of surface temperature uniformity compared with distilled water.     

Experimental investigation for the optimization of heat pipe performance in latent heat thermal storage

We investigated the optimum performance of heat pipe in Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES), and compared it with copper pipe. Classical plan of experimentation was used to optimize the parameters of heat pipe. Heat pipe fill ratio, evaporator section length to condenser section length ratio i.e., Heat pipe length ratio (HPLR) and heat pipe diameter, was the parameter used for optimization, as result of parametric analysis. Experiment with flow rate of 10 lit./min. was conducted for different fill ratio, HPLR and different diameter. Fill ratio of 80 %, HPLR of 0.9 and heat pipe with diameter of 18 mm showed better trend in charging and discharging. Comparison between the storage tank with optimized heat pipe and copper pipe showed almost 186 % improvement in charging and discharging time compared with the copper pipe embedded thermal storage. Heat transfer between Heat transferring fluid (HTF) and Phase change material (PCM) increased with increase in area of heat transferring media, but storage density of storage tank decreased. Storage tank with heat pipe embedded in place of copper pipe is a better option in terms of charging and discharging time as well heat storage capacity due to less heat lost. This justifies the better efficiency and effectiveness of storage tank with embedded optimized heat pipe.     

Theoretical and experimental studies on boiling heat transfer for the Thermosyphons with various helical grooves

Boiling heat transfer characteristics of a two-phase closed thermosyphons with various helical grooves are studied experimentally and a mathematical correlation is developed to predict the performance of such thermosyphons. The study focuses on the boiling heat transfer characteristics of two-phase closed thermosyphons with copper tubes having 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 internal helical grooves. A two-phase closed thermosyphon with plain copper tube having the same inner and outer diameter as those of grooved tubes is also tested for comparison. Water, methanol and ethanol are used as working fluid. The effects of the number of grooves, various working fluids, operating temperature and heat flux are investigated experimentally. From these experimental results, a mathematical model is developed. In the present model, boiling of liquid pool in the evaporator is considered for the heat transfer mechanism of the thermosyphons. And also the effects of the number of grooves, the various working fluids, the operating temperature and the heat flux are brought into consideration. A good agreement between the boiling heat transfer coefficient of the thermosyphon estimated from experimental results and the predictions from the present mathematical correlation is obtained. The experimental results show that the number of grooves, the amount of the working fluid and the various working fluids are very important factors for the operation of thermosyphons. Also, the thermosyphons with internal helical grooves can be used to achieve some inexpensive and compact heat exchangers in low temperature.     

一种用于高热功率密闭计算机散热的环路热管系统

工作在潮湿、粉尘、腐蚀等恶劣环境下的电子设备需要密封,当机箱内部元器件的总发热功率过高时急需一套有效的散热系统来保证该电子设备安全稳定地工作.文中设计了一种环路热管系统.该环路热管系统的蒸发段位于密闭机箱内部,通过工质的相变源源不断地将元器件的热量传递到位于机箱外侧的冷凝段中.若PCB上电子元器件的结温低于其上限值,则该环路热管散热系统满足要求.理论计算和数值计算表明,该环路热管散热系统能够很好地保证高热功率密闭计算机安全稳定工作.     

Investigation of a heat pipe cooling system in high-efficiency grinding

The high grinding temperature is one of the problems restricting on the further development of high-efficiency grinding due to the workpiece burnout and excessive wheel wear. An original method about enhancing heat transfer in the contact zone based on heat pipe technology is put forward to reduce the grinding temperature in this paper. Drawing on the structure of rotation heat pipe, one heat pipe cooling system, heat pipe grinding wheel (HPGW) applied to high-efficiency grinding, is developed and its heat transfer principle is illustrated. Besides, the cooling effect in the contact zone using HPGW is simulated through a three-dimensional heat transfer model in grinding, and the influence of different parameters of the wheel speed, cooling condition, and heat flux input on the grinding temperature is analyzed. Eventually, preliminary grinding experiments with HPGW were carried out to verify the cooling effect by comparing with non-HPGW in grinding of 0.45 wt.% C steel and titanium alloy Ti-6A1-6V. Results show that using HPGW can significantly reduce the grinding temperature and prevent the burnout.     

Thermal analysis of heat pipe shell-fin structures with selective coatings under radiation

The purpose of this study is to investigate the thermal response of a heat pipe shell-fin structure that is selectively coated and is subject to uneven radiation from upper and lower sides. Such a structure would arise when fins are attached to opposing sides of the condenser or evaporator section of heat pipes to enhance the heat transfer performance. Typical examples include radiators for space applications and solar energy collectors for water heating. The temperature distribution in the circumferential direction of the heat pipe shell as well as that in the fin is examined via theoretical modeling and numerical analysis. The model accounts for the effects of selective coatings. Both steady-state and transient solution procedures are presented. Examination of the steady-state results justifies the use of a thermally-lumped formulation for the heat pipe shell region. The effect of fin width is investigated as a typical design variable. The fin efficiency and the collector efficiency are also presented as functions of heat pipe operating temperature and fin widith. The influence of the surface properties on the thermal performance of the heat pipe shell-fin structure are also examined.     

Flow visualization of oscillation characteristics of liquid and vapor flow in the oscillating capillary tube heat pipe

The two-phase How patterns for both non-loop and loop type oscillating capillary tube heat pipes (OCHPs) were presented in this study. The detailed flow patterns were recorded by a high-speed digital camera for each experimental condition to understand exactly the operation mechanism of the OCHP. The design and operation conditions of the OCHP such as turn number, working fluid, and heat flux were varied. The experimental results showed that the representative flow pattern in the evaporating section of the OCHP was the oscillation of liquid slugs and vapor plugs based on the generation and growth of bubbles by nucleate boiling. As the oscillation of liquid slugs and vapor plugs was very speedy, the How pattern changed from the capillary slug flow to a pseudo slug flow near the annular flow. The flow of short vapor-liquid slug-train units was the flow pattern in the adiabatic section. In the condensing section, it was the oscillation of liquid slugs and vapor plugs and the circulation of working fluid. The oscillation flow in the loop type OCHP was more active than that in the non-loop type OCHP due to the circulation of working fluid in the OCHP. When the turn number of the OCHP was increased, the oscillation and circulation of working fluid was more active as well as forming the oscillation wave of long liquid slugs and vapor plugs in the OCHP. The oscillation flow of R-142b as the working fluid was more active than that of ethanol and the high efficiency of the heat transfer performance of R-I42b was achieved.