Amplification of the Thermocapillary Convection during Evapo-Condensation Cycle in Heat Pipes

Rachid Bennacer; Mohammed El Ganaoui

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.553.209

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Amplification of the Thermocapillary Convection during Evapo-Condensation Cycle in Heat Pipes

Abstract:

The control of a process dealing with heat pipe exploitation needs the thermal analysis of the evaporation-condensation cycle and noticeably the imposed external conditions (in instance modeling the heating). In this work a numerical model has been developed to describe the local coupling near the liquid/vapour interface. Simulations exhibits and quantify the response of the capillary motion to the thermal conditions.