A novel 3-D pulsating heat pipe module for high heat-flux applications

Zamanifard, Abdolmajid; Muneeshwaran, Muneeshwaran; Wang, Yu-Hsin; Wang, Chi-Chuan

doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.120549

A novel 3-D pulsating heat pipe module for high heat-flux applications

Journal Article · Fri Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Applied Thermal Engineering

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.120549· OSTI ID:1969803

Zamanifard, Abdolmajid ^[1]; ^[2]; Wang, Yu-Hsin ^[1]; Wang, Chi-Chuan ^[1]

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu (Taiwan)
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu (Taiwan); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

This study proposed a novel pulsating heat pipes (PHP) for high-flux thermal module. According to the open literature, the maximum value of the heat flux is 23.7 W∙cm^–2 handled by PHP, which is far behind industry requirements. Therefore, the present study proposes a novel 3D PHP suitable for high heat-flux applications. The PHP were experimentally tested for different working fluids, including methanol and water. Furthermore, the experiments were performed to analyze the influence of various operating parameters, such as filling ratio (25–60%), heat load (100–800 W), and air flow rate 100–250 cubic feet per minute (CFM). In this work, the results showed that this PHP can sustain a heat flux up to 70 W∙cm^–2 with the maximum case temperature under 80 °C, which is approximately three times higher than the available literature. Furthermore, the performance of the PHP module was compared against the commercial module with wicked heat pipe. The PHP exhibited about 7% higher heat dissipation compared to the commercial module. Since the proposed module uses simple copper tubes in its construction over the wicked structure used in commercial module, the novel 3D PHP module provides additional economic and mass production capability.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd; National Science and Technology Council; USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1969803

Journal Information:: Applied Thermal Engineering, Journal Name: Applied Thermal Engineering Vol. 228; ISSN 1359-4311

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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