Thermal performance of copper tube closed loop pulsating heat pipe using pure and binary fluids

Shubham A. Hatware and C. Limbadri
Volume 1: Issue 1, August 2020, pp 21-24


Author's Information
Shubham A. Hatware1 
Corresponding Author
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, G.H.Raisoni College of Engineering and Management, Pune, India
shubham.hatware@gmail.com

C. Limbadri2
2Department of Mechanical Engineering, G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering and Management, Pune, India.


Research Article -- Peer Reviewed
Published online – 17 Aug 2020

Open Access article under Creative Commons License

Cite this article – Shubham A. Hatware and C. Limbadri, “Thermal performance of copper tube closed loop pulsating heat pipe using pure and binary fluids”, Journal of Thermal and Fluid Science, RAME Publishers, vol. 1, issue 1, pp. 21-24, August 2020.
https://doi.org/10.26706/jtfs.1.1.20200706


Abstract:-
This paper gives preliminary experimental effects on thermal overall performance of closed loop pulsating heat pipe (PHP) the usage of copper tube having inside and exterior diameter with two mm and 3.6 mm respectively. For all experimentation, filling ratio (FR) used to be 50 %, ten turns and special warmth inputs of 10 to 100W used to be furnished to PHP. The role of the PHP used to be vertical backside warmth mode. The equal size of the section of the evaporator, adiabatic, and condenser was preserved at 50 mm. Working fluids are selected as Methanol, ethanol, acetone, water, and outstanding binary mixtures. So as to test, traits of the thermal resistance and common evaporator temperatures at unique warmness enter for a number of working fluids. Experimental find out about on PHP indicated working fluid is a necessary thing for the overall performance of PHPs. The end result indicates that, the thermal resistance decreases greater unexpectedly with the make bigger of the heating strength from 20W to 60W, whereas slowly decreases above 60W. Pure acetone offers nice thermal overall performance in comparisons with the different working fluid. No measurable distinction has been recorded between the PHP jogging with pure and binary combination working fluids.
Index Terms:-
— Pulsating heat pipe, binary mixtures, heat flux, pure natural convection.
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