Conveners
C3Or2C: Components VI: Pulsating Heat Pipes
- Maria Barba (Fermilab)
- Santhosh Kumar Gandla (Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America Inc)
In this paper, the results of a nitrogen-based pulsating heat pipe (PHP) with the ability to change the number of turns are presented. The experiment assembly consists of two identical PHP subsections with their own fill lines. The condenser, the adiabatic section, and the evaporator section of each PHP are 90mm, 1000mm, and 60mm respectively. Because of the unique design of the condenser...
Pulsating heat pipes (PHPs) are passive thermal management devices that, like traditional heat pipes, use thermally driven fluid flow and phase change to transfer heat efficiently. PHPs have been a subject of experimental research for a few decades due to their many potential applications, and improvements over the current state-of-the-art. However, many aspects of their operation are unknown,...
Cryogenic pulsating heat pipes (PHP), also termed oscillating heat pipes, are passive thermal links that transfer heat by oscillatory motion of two-phase cryogen confined in serpentine-shaped capillary tubes. It is composed of three sections, namely, the condenser (cold sink), the evaporator (heat source) and the adiabatic part that can range from several centimetres to few metres. In spite of...
