Influence of Gas-Liquid Interface on Temperature Wave of Pulsating Heat Pipe

• Main Authors: Ying Zhang, Zhiqiang Wang, Peisheng Li, Min Zhou, Boheng Dong, Yanni Pan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
• Series: International Journal of Photoenergy
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7492079
• ISSN: 1110-662X; 1687-529X

The influence of the interface on the amplitude and phase of the temperature wave and the relationship between the attenuation of the temperature wave and the gas-liquid two-phase physical parameters are studied during the operation of the pulsating heat pipe. The numerical simulation shows that the existence of the phase interface changes the direction of the temperature gradient during the propagation of the temperature wave, which increases the additional “thermal resistance.” The relative size of the gas-liquid two-phase thermal conductivity affects the propagation direction of heat flow at phase interface directly. The blockage of the gas plug causes hysteresis in the phase of the temperature wave, the relative size of the gas-liquid two-phase temperature coefficient will gradually increase the phase of the temperature wave, and the time when the heat flow reaches the peak value is also advanced. The attenuation of the temperature wave is almost irrelevant to the absolute value of the density, heat capacity, and thermal conductivity of the gas-liquid two phases, and the ratio of the thermal conductivity of the gas-liquid two phases is related. When the temperature of the heat pipe was changed, the difference of heat storage ability between gas and liquid will lead to the phenomenon of heat reflux and becomes more pronounced with the increases of the temperature wave.