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Advanced Design of a “Low-cost” Loop Heat Pipe
Technical Paper
2009-01-2519
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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An advanced method for LHP evaporator wick manufacturing is suggested. A small-scale loop heat pipe (LHP) with an innovative nickel wick has been fabricated and tested to examine its thermal performances. The LHP container and the tubing of the system are made of stainless steel and two liquids, namely hexane and acetone, have been used as LHP working fluids. The ‘low-cost’ characteristic is given by the reduction of operations which are needed for the LHP wick fabrication. In this study LHP wick was sintered directly inside of the stainless steel tube. Thus the fabrication costs of the LHP wick are less compared with the standard ones for two manufacturing processes: i) compressing the nickel powders and ii) inserting of the wick into the stainless steel tube after the sintering process. Since especially the second process is very delicate and associated to production failures, the present LHP is several times cheaper than the standard LHP. The present paper demonstrates that the novel evaporator wick is still presenting very high performances.
A first series of tests including start-up, power ramp up, and power cycle is performed. The experimental results demonstrate the robustness and the feasibility of the innovative LHP. It is found that a heat load of 15 W is needed for a successful start-up. The maximum heat loads is up to 70W for hexane, and 98W is reached for acetone in the steady state operation mode and more then 120W for the periodic mode (20 °C condenser temperature, less than 100 °C evaporator temperature and with a horizontal orientation of LHP).
The hardware model consists of three different objects: (a) the evaporator; (b) a condenser where the heat power is rejected by a simple concentric tube heat exchanger (c) the lines to connect the evaporator and the condenser.
A numerical global loop model is also designed by using a well-known lumped parameter code (SINDA/FLUINT). Since the tested LHP is pioneering the standard calculation of the SINDA/FLUINT pre-built system is not suitable and must be completely reconsidered. The model has been tested against experimental data by using hexane as working fluid and a parametric analysis has been run focused on the heat transfer in the evaporator sections and assuming a null quality at the condenser outlet. The mathematical model simulates reasonably well the transient response of the LHP. An accurate heat leak predictions at low powers remain problematic and further experimental tests are necessary, together with a more precise modeling of the condenser.
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Vasiliev, L., Marengo, M., Ferrandi, C., Zinna, S. et al., "Advanced Design of a “Low-cost” Loop Heat Pipe," SAE Technical Paper 2009-01-2519, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-2519.Also In
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