TY - JOUR
TI - Experimental study on heat transfer characteristics of a modified two-phase closed thermosyphon
AU - Aghel Babak
AU - Rahimi Masoud
AU - Almasi Saeed
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2017
VL - 21
IS - 6
SP - 2481
EP - 2489
PT - Article
AB - This study investigated the heat transfer characteristics of modified two-phase closed thermosyphon (TPCT) using water as the working fluid. In the modified TPCT, to reduce thermal resistance, a small TPCT was inserted inside the adiabatic section. For both the plain and modified thermosyphons the performances were determined at various heat inputs from 71-960 W. The results showed that the modified TPCT had less temperature difference between the evaporator and condenser sections than the plain one. According to the experimental data, in the modified TPCT, the thermal performance increased up to 20% over that of the unmodified one.