Heat Transfer Characteristic of Flat Trapezoid Grooved Micro Heat Pipes

Abstract:

To study the heat transfer performance of micro heat pipe, theoretical analysis of flat plate micro heat pipe with trapezoid cross section are presented in this paper. A one-dimensional stationary mathematical model for micro heat pipe grooved capillary flow using finite volume method (FVM) was established. The micro heat pipe had vapor space connect with each other and the influences of shear stress between vapor and fluid in the working process were described in the model which made the model more precisely. The axial variation of working fluid distribution in the heat pipe, pressure difference between vapor and liquid, and velocity of vapor and liquid were analyzed. In addition, the maximum heat transport capacity of micro heat pipe was calculated. The simulation results showed good agreement with the experiment results, and it could predict the heat transfer performance accurately, which was useful to micro heat pipe structural design.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 609-610)
• Pages: 1526-1531
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.609-610.1526
• Online since: April 2014
• Authors: Yan Xia Yang, Xiao Dong Wang*, Yi Luo, Liang Liang Zou
• Keywords: Flat Plate Micro Heat Pipe, Numeral Model, Theoretical Analysis

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