Investigation on the Effects of Body Force Environment on Flat Heat Pipes
Investigation on the Effects of Body Force Environment on Flat Heat Pipes
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DOI:
10.2514/2.6640
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发表时间:
2001-10
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Mohamed Chaker Zaghdoudi-;C. Sarno
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作者:
Mohamed Chaker Zaghdoudi-;C. Sarno
This paper reports on the effects of body forces environment: gravitation, vibration, and acceleration forces using constant heat load on the thermal performance of a flat copper/water heat pipe. The effect of gravitation forces is studied by testing the heat pipe in different positions: horizontal, vertical with a heat source upwards (antigravity position), and vertical with a heat source downward (thermosyphon position). Transient accelerations and vibrations are generated using centrifuge and shaking tables, respectively, in order to simulate vibration and acceleration forces corresponding to aircraft maneuvering in frequency, amplitude, duration, and direction. The experimental results on the orientation effects show that the heat pipe is hardly affected by the gravitation forces and exhibits nearly the same thermal performance whatever the tilt angle for input heat powers lower than 20 W. For input heat powers higher than 20 W, there is a slight heat pipe thermal performance dependency on gravitation. For the vibration tests the heat pipe is mounted on a tri-axis shaking table and it is subjected to sinusoidal excitation. The heat-pipe thermal performance is hardly affected by vibration whatever the mounting direction on the shaking table. An investigation into the effects of transient acceleration forces with constant input heat loads on the heat-pipe thermal performance has been conducted. Pooling of the excess working fluid plays a significant role in the heat transport potential of the heat pipe subjected to accelerations. There is a decrease in the heat-pipe thermal performance with increasing acceleration as a result of partial dryout of the evaporator and pooling in the condenser section. Dryout, which is demonstrated as a result of increased acceleration, depends on the input heat power and the acceleration type. However, under certain acceleration tests the heat pipe successfully reprimed with a suppression of acceleration. In all cases the increase of the heat-pipe thermal resistance does not exceed 70%. The maximum heat-pipe thermal resistance obtained under 10-g acceleration level remains an acceptable value for the electronic package safety.