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Title: | Experimental investigation, CFD and theoretical modeling of two-phase heat transfer in a three-leg multi-channel heat pipe |
Authors: | Guichet, V Delpech, B Jouhara, H |
Keywords: | heat pipe;multi-leg heat pipe;two phase heat transfer;CFD modelling |
Issue Date: | 30-Dec-2022 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Jouhara, H., Delpech, B. and Jouhara, H. (2023) ‘Experimental investigation, CFD and theoretical modeling of two-phase heat transfer in a three-leg multi-channel heat pipe’, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 203, 123813, pp. 1 - 27. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2022.123813. |
Abstract: | Muti-channel flat heat pipe is an innovative technology recently used at the rear of photovoltaic cells to absorb and reuse the wasted heat. To better understand the fundamentals of two-phase heat transfer (boiling and condensation) taking place inside multi-channel heat pipes, a unique three-leg heat pipe has been built. This one-of-a-kind heat pipe was used to develop both computational fluid dynamic (CFD) and theoretical models of a multi-channel heat pipe. To simulate the heat pipe operation with ANSYS Fluent, the Volume of Fluid (VOF) approach and Lee model were investigated. Different types of Lee models using user defined function (UDF) were compared and the influence of the condenser's boundary condition, saturation temperature, and mass transfer coefficient on the simulations was studied. For the first time, major limits of the Lee model for the simulation of heat pipes are identified. It is concluded that the available Lee model cannot predict the heat pipe temperature as it shows low physical meaning and can easily be manipulated to adjust the simulation's results. Based on the three-leg heat pipe experimental data, a new multi-channel theoretical model was developed that uses the thermal-electrical resistance analogy to predict the three-leg heat pipe thermal resistance. By selecting the optimum correlations for pool boiling and filmwise condensation, the developed iterative theoretical model was able to predict the three-leg heat pipe thermal resistance with an error of 8.2%. |
Description: | Data availability: Data will be made available on request. |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/25857 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2022.123813 |
ISSN: | 0017-9310 |
Other Identifiers: | ORCiD: Hussam Jouhara https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6910-6116. Article number 123813 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Papers |
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