AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF A HEAT PIPE WITH CENTRAL ADIABATIC PART

Abstract

The performance characteristics of a Heat Pipe with long central adiabatic part having water - cotton wick - matrix in galva.ni.s~d iron pipe container using hot and cold water as source and sink respectively of heat, have been experimentally determined for steady state operation at different inclinations of the heat pipe axis and having variable. source..temperature. The heat pipe has been viewod as a conveyer of waste heat to sink. Introductory survey of Heat Pipe phenomion and a ma;:h rma tical theory have been included to make the present work self contained..