Heat transfer performance of heat pipe rotating about parallel axes

We conducted an experimental study of heat pipe rotating about parallel axes. The entire pinfin of noncontact thermal resistance was used in the cooling section of the heat pipes. The experimental liquidfilled volume range from 10% to 25%, and heat flux density range was 7×103W/m2 to 5.3×104 W/m2. A cooling current of air was formed by the heat pipe rotation. The Reynolds number range was 2.3×103 to 1.2×104. The experimental results indicate that the heat transfer performance of the heat pipe was the best when liquidfilled volume reached 20%. The heat transfer capability strengthened gradually along with the increasing rotational speed. The change of the heat power had little impact on the heat transfer performance of the heat pipe. It was found that the absorption liquid core was of little use to the heat transfer performance of the heat pipe. Under the same conditions, the heat transfer performance of the parallel rotating heat pipe was 1.5 times that of coaxial rotating heat pipe.

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