Boiling Phenomenon of Tabulate Biomaterial Wick Heat Pipe

Abstract:

This research purposed to know the performance of heat pipe using wick made from biomaterial. Biomaterial (Coral) is the porous media which has the relative homogenous and small porous structures. The homogenous structures and the small biomaterial have the better capillarity and could be used as wick to circulate condensate in heat pipe. The heat pipe made from copper pipe with 50 mm in length and the inside and outer diameter was 25 mm and 24 mm in each, with the wick as thick as 1 mm made from Tabulate. Heat sink was adhered to the condenser part of heat pipe as wide as 637.5 cm². The study was the observation of phenomena in porous media boiling between biomaterials with solid copper, in which the observations were made by using High Speed ​​Video Camera (HSVC). Tabulate biomaterial has the porous structure which quite homogeny and the best capillary energy. The biomaterial as wick heat pipe could keep the condition of heat pipe from easily reachs the transition condition.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 776)
• Pages: 289-293
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.776.289
• Online since: July 2015
• Authors: Wayan Nata Septiadi*, Nandy Putra
• Keywords: Biomaterial, Heat Pipe, Wick

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