Three dimensional numerical investigation is carried out to study the influence of geometry on thermal behavior of flat heat pipe. Two phase mixture model has been formulated to investigate the phase change phenomena during steady state operation of flat heat pipe. In this model, single fluid approach is used and governing equations for mass, momentum and energy are discretised using finite vol...

An experimental study is realized in order to verify the Mini Heat Pipe (MHP) concept for cooling high power dissipation electronic components and determines the potential advantages of constructing mini channels as an integrated part of a flat heat pipe. A Flat Mini Heat Pipe (FMHP) prototype including a capillary structure composed of parallel rectangular microchannels is manufactured and a f...

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In this study, two-dimensional pulsating unsteady flow of nanofluid through a rectangular channel with isothermal walls is investigated numerically. The set of resultant algebraic equations is solved simultaneously using SIMPLE algorithm to obtain the velocity and pressure distribution within the channel. The effects of several parameters, such as volume fraction of different nanoparticles, Rey...

This study presents the improvement of thermal performance of heat pipe using copper nanofluid with aqueous solution of n-Butanol. The nanofluids kept in the suspension of conventional fluids have the potential of superior heat transfer capability than the conventional fluids due to their improved thermal conductivity. In this work, the copper nanofluid which has a 40 nm size with a concentrati...

The paper describes the work aimed at controllable loop heat pipe (CLHP) operation study when noncondensable gases (NCGs) are injected. In this work, the effect of NCG on the operating performance of an ammonia– stainless steel CLHP was experimentally investigated. Nitrogen was selected as NCG, and the steady-state operating characteristics of the CLHP with NCG was systematically studied for di...

Prediction of pressure pulsation magnitude and their harmonic components for a multistage reciprocating compressor, piping and reservoir system depends on the input design and operating parameters. In the present paper, the results of the theoretical study carried out to study the effect of such parameters on pressure pulsations and their harmonics have been presented. The effect of pipe diamet...

Thermal management of modern micro- and high-power electronic systems has become a progressively challenging problem due to current trends in miniaturization increased heat generation. Conventional cooling methods, such as natural force convection, have insufficient meet new challenges electronics industries, transport space applications where thermal system size, mass, autonomy, high density o...