2025年4月1日
Heat transport characterization on different orientations of a loop heat pipe with an additive manufactured evaporator
Applied Thermal Engineering
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- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
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- 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.125455
A loop heat pipe is a two-phase fluid loop driven by capillary force. Fabrication of a loop heat pipe evaporator by additive manufacturing has been investigated as a low-cost, quick-delivery method for producing a high-performance loop heat pipe. This study investigated the evaporation and heat transfer performance of a wick-integrated evaporator fabricated by additive manufacturing. It is essential to understand the thermal characteristics of the evaporator for a loop heat pipe with an additive-manufactured evaporator for all applications. A tested loop heat pipe with an additive-manufactured evaporator achieved a maximum heat transport capability of 120 W (heat flux: 7.96 W/cm2) and a minimum thermal resistance of 0.321 °C/W in the horizontal orientation at a 20 °C sink temperature. The evaporative heat transfer coefficient and heat leak ratio to the reservoir were calculated for each orientation test result. The maximum evaporative heat transfer coefficient was 50 kW/m2/K and the heat leak ratio was less than 10 % between 10 W and 70 W in the horizontal orientation. These results reveal that the increase in heat leakage to the reservoir due to the decrease in the evaporative heat transfer coefficient leads to the increase in the loop heat pipe operating temperature and thermal resistance. The novelty of this study is that it clarifies the relationship between a loop heat pipe's thermal resistance and evaporator thermal performance by correlating the evaporative heat transfer coefficient and the heat leakage of the wick-integrated evaporator, which uses additive manufacturing, based on the heat transport test results in each orientation.
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.125455
- ISSN : 1359-4311
- SCOPUS ID : 85214692918