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Yafeng Wu

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Zhe Zhang

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Wenbin Li

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Daochun Xu

EVALUATION MODEL OF THE STEADY-STATE HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE OF TWO-PHASE CLOSED THERMOSYPHONS

ABSTRACT
Two-phase closed thermosyphons have good thermal conductivity and are widely used in heat transfer applications. It is essential to establish an effective method for evaluating the steady-state heat transfer performance of two-phase closed thermosyphons, as such a method can help to select appropriate designs and to improve the efficiency of these devices. In this paper, the equivalent thermal conductivity is derived by the principle of equal total thermal resistance, in which the influence of the adiabatic length is eliminated. An evaluation model of the steady-state heat transfer performance of two-phase closed thermosyphons is established. Test results of three two-phase closed thermosyphons with total lengths of 220 mm, 320 mm, and 500 mm show that as the heat transfer rate increases, the equivalent thermal conductivity of these devices decreases by 28.91%, increases by 6.10% and increases by 10.02%, respectively, among which the minimum value is 831.63 W/mK and the maximum value is 1694.19 W/mK. The decrease (in-crease) in the equivalent thermal conductivity in the evaluation model indicates a decrease (increase) in the heat transfer performance. The results show that the equivalent thermal conductivity of the model can effectively evaluate the heat transfer performance of two-phase closed thermosyphons.
KEYWORDS
Two-phase closed thermosyphon, heat transfer performance, evaluation model, equivalent thermal conductivity
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2020-08-25
PAPER REVISED: 1970-01-01
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2021-04-09
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2021-05-16
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI200825166W
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2022, VOLUME 26, ISSUE Issue 2, PAGES [1367 - 1377]
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