Transient two-dimensional compressible analysis for high-temperature heat pipes with pulsed heat input Article

Cao, Y, Faghri, A. (1991). Transient two-dimensional compressible analysis for high-temperature heat pipes with pulsed heat input . NUMERICAL HEAT TRANSFER PART A-APPLICATIONS, 18(4), 483-502. 10.1080/10407789008944804

cited authors

  • Cao, Y; Faghri, A

authors

abstract

  • A complete mathematical model for transient two-dimensional heat pipes is presented. The numerical results for both simulated compressible vapor flow with high Mach numbers and the vapor flow of a high-temperature heat pipe are compared with the experimental data in the literature. The transient responses of heat pipes to a pulsed heat input are also investigated. It is very important to include the porous wick and the wall in the numerical calculations for the transient analysis of heat pipes and to treat the entire heat pipe as a single system rather than to analyze the vapor flow alone. © 1990 by Hemisphere Publishing Corporation.

publication date

  • January 1, 1991

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start page

  • 483

end page

  • 502

volume

  • 18

issue

  • 4