Temperature oscillation signal of pulsating heat pipes was studied quantitatively and qualitatively by means of analyses of power spectrum
auto-correlation function
correlation dimension
Kolmogorov entropy and rescaled range statistical analysisThe results showed that the system had deterministic chaotic characteristics which featured non-integer value of correlation dimension about 2.5—11 and positive Kolmogorov entropyMost Hurst exponents were between 0.8 and 1
indicating long range correlationThermal performance was tied with correlation dimension.Higher correlation dimension indicated lower thermal resistance.