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Heat Transfer Enhancement From A Heat Pipe Immersed Horizontally In Water, Under Natural Convection Conditions, With The Aid Of Gas Injection, Evangelos J. Minakas
Heat Transfer Enhancement From A Heat Pipe Immersed Horizontally In Water, Under Natural Convection Conditions, With The Aid Of Gas Injection, Evangelos J. Minakas
Theses
An experimental study has been performed to estimate the degree of heat transfer enhancement from a horizontal heat pipe, immersed in water with the aid of air injection. This thesis investigates the effects of different shroud shapes, shroud distances from the heat pipe, air injection rates, air injection configurations and air injection distances on the augmentation of heat transfer. Water was the experimental fluid and its temperature ranged from 17-60 °C, the surface temperature of the heat pipes varied from 18-75 °C.
It was discovered that the shape of the shrouds is a contributing factor on the heat transfer enhancement. …