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US 6,672,373 B2Granted
Method of action of the pulsating heat pipe, its construction and the devices on its base
AssigneeIdalex Technologies, Inc.
InventorGenrikh Smyrnov
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Abstract
By construction of heat pipes with two phase heat carrying fluid, an efficient heat transfer system is available. The heating section is used to create, within the heat pipe, build up of vapor pressure which causes the heat carrying fluid to move which then allows for dissipations of the heat into the cooling section. Additions to the system allow for storage of kinetic energy to enhance or regulate the flow, and by introduction of heating elements or porous surfaces, the mechanic can be improved or regulated.
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The pulsating heat pipe apparatus comprising:
- a) continuous tube, b) formed as a system of branches with a cooling, a transport and a heating section to allow movement of the liquid and vapor slugs of the heat carrier, d) where maximum relative radius R*k of the said tube is corresponding the condition:
- R*k<2.2, where R*k=Rk /δ/gΔρ,
- (e) and where the minimum relative length of the slug R*sl will not be lower than
- R*sl ≳1.5-2.0, where R*sl =Rsl /δ/gΔρ,
- and Rsl =[3Vsl /4π],
- Where:
- R*k—the relative radius of a tube,
- R*sl—the relative equivalent radius of the slug,
- Rk—the radius or equivalent radius of a tube,
- δ—the surface tension,
- g—the gravitation acceleration,
- Δρ—the difference of densities between of liquid and vapor of the heat carrier,
- Vsl—the volume of the slug, π=3.14.
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