ZHANG GUODONG, SUN HUAN, ZHU KAI, et al. Effect of Vacuum on the Start-up Performance of Loop Heat Pipe Enhanced by Pressure Head of Evaporation. [J]. Journal of refrigeration, 2020, 41(3).
ZHANG GUODONG, SUN HUAN, ZHU KAI, et al. Effect of Vacuum on the Start-up Performance of Loop Heat Pipe Enhanced by Pressure Head of Evaporation. [J]. Journal of refrigeration, 2020, 41(3). DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4339.2020.03.147.
The influence of the pressure head of evaporation on the operation of a loop heat pipe (LHP) is important to the performance of LHP. In this paper
the wick was separated from the heating surface;consequently
a steam chamber was formed. Simultaneously
the heat and mass transfer in the evaporator were separated. Consequently
the driving force (especially the pressure head of evaporation) was enhanced. Heat leakage was decreased as much as possible due to the low thermal conductivity of the wick. Experiments were conducted to investigate the effectof different partial vacuums(95.3–101.1 kPa) on the start-up performance for the new LHP. This newdesign was able to operate at different partial vacuums; the operating temperature
start-up time
and thermal resistance decreased with increasedpartial vacuum. Simultaneously
this LHP showed a lower thermal resistance (0.14oC/W) compared with that of LHP driven by capillary forces.