Naumova A. Heat transfer characteristics of pulsating heat pipes intended for compact cooling systems

The dissertation is dedicated to the heat transfer characteristics of pulsating capillary heat pipes (PHP) depending on the regime and operational parameters. The experiments were conducted with glass and copper PHP with the internal diameter, respectively, 3,8mm and 1mm; number of turns 4 and 7. The water was used as a heat carrier; the filling ratio was approximately 50% of the internal volume. Cooling of the glass PHP was carried out by free air convection, and cooling of the copper one was carried out by forced convection of the liquid with different values of temperature and flow rate. The inclination angle of the copper PHP varied from -90° to + 90° in increments of 45 °. The PHP operation can be conditionally divided into two modes of heat transfer that are: convection-conductive mode that corresponds to small values of input heat power and pulsation mode that corresponds to middle and high of input heat power and to the heat carrier boiling. The heat flux called transient takes place at the transition from one mode of heat transfer to another. As a result of experimental studies the temperature of the PHP heating, transport, and condensation areas as well as thermal resistance and heat transfer coefficients are presented depending on the input heat flux and parameters of the cooling fluid. The dependence of the PHP heat transfer characteristics on external mechanical vibrations and PHP orientation in space was researched. The simplified semi-empirical formula for transient heat flux calculating is obtained. Given dissertation also presents a constructional calculation of the PHP number of loops when manufactured depending on the geometry of the capillary tube, and the lengths of the heater and the condenser. On the basis of the pulsation heat transfer mechanism some new heat transfer devices were designed, such as pulsating thermosyphon radiator with PHP. Comparing of the PHP with other cooling systems has shown that it is most effective for rejection of the heat fluxes over 6 W/cm2.