ZHANG Hongzhe, JIA Xianjian, GUO Hang, et al. Effect of cooling water parameters on heat transfer performance of sodium-potassium alloy heat pipe[J]. CIESC Journal, 2017, (S1): 105-110.
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ZHANG Hongzhe, JIA Xianjian, GUO Hang, et al. Effect of cooling water parameters on heat transfer performance of sodium-potassium alloy heat pipe[J]. CIESC Journal, 2017, (S1): 105-110.DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20170631.
Effect of cooling water parameters on heat transfer performance of sodium-potassium alloy heat pipe
The parameter of cooling water has an important effect on heat transfer performance of sodium-potassium alloy thermosiphon (gravity-driven heat pipe). In this study
the effect of cooling water flow rate and temperature on heat transfer performance of a sodium-potassium alloy heat pipe was experimentally studied. The results show that the flow rate of the cooling water presents a significant impact on the outside wall temperature distribution of the heat pipe when it operates under a relative lower flow rates conditions of 4-18 ml·s-1. But
no further influence of the flow rate is envisioned when the flow rate of the cooling water is more than 18 ml·s-1. Totally
improvement of the flow rate is beneficial for enhancement of the heat transfer performance of the heat pipe. On the other hand
the temperature of cooling water shows very small impact on the outside wall temperature and heat transfer performance of the sodium-potassium alloy heat pipe.