Optimization of an internally finned rotating heat pipe
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Authors
Davis, William A., Jr.
Subjects
Heat pipe
Rotating heat pipe
Optimization
Rotating heat pipe
Optimization
Advisors
Vanderplaats, Garret N.
Salinas, David
Date of Issue
1980-09
Date
September 1980
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
A finite element formulation was used to solve the steady-state two-dimensional conduction heat transfer equation in the condenser wall section of an internally finned rotating heat pipe. A FORTRAM program using this method was coupled with the COPES/CONMIN program for sensitivity analysis of design variables and for automated design of the internal heat pipe geometer. With water as the working fluid, numerical results obtained for copper and stainless steel heat pipe condenser sections indicated that for the maximum heat pipe transfer rate, the designer should machine as many fins as the condenser materials and the manufacturing process will allow. A saw tooth profile is preferable to spacing between fins.
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Thesis
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Department
Mechanical Engineering
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.