Aerospace
Technical Paper

A Boiling Heat Transfer Correlation for Heat Pipes

851326

7/1/1985

Event
Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems
Authors
J. H. Ambrose Washington State University
L.C. Chow Washington State University
R. Ponnappan Universal Energy Systems, Inc.
J. E. Beam Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory
E. T. Mahefkey Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory
Abstract
Content
Boiling heat transfer in a water heat pipe is investigated with the objective of relating heat flux and temperature drop across the evaporator. Nucleate boiling has been postulated as the heat transfer mechanism at and near the wall. A correlation has been obtained that relates evaporator heat flux and temperature drop to various screen-wick and working fluid properties. It is shown to agree well with other available experimental data.
Meta Tags
Topics
Heat transfer
Pipes and ducts
Affiliated or Co-Author
Washington State University
Universal Energy Systems, Inc.
Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory
Details
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/851326
Citation
Ambrose, J., Chow, L., Ponnappan, R., Beam, J., et al., "A Boiling Heat Transfer Correlation for Heat Pipes," Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems, San Francisco, California, United States, July 15, 1985, https://doi.org/10.4271/851326.
Additional Details
Publisher
SAE International
Published
7/1/1985
Product Code
851326
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English