Yangyiming Rong1, Weitao Su1, Shuai Wang2, Bowen Du1, Jianjian Wei2, Shaozhi Zhang2,*
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.22, No.4, pp. 1209-1229, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2024.052415
Abstract Finned-tube heat exchanger (FTHE) is often used as an evaporator in commercial products of separated heat pipe (SHP). The working conditions of FTHE in gravity-assisted SHP are significantly different from those working in refrigerators and air conditioners. Although FTHE is widely used in commercial products of SHP, previous research on its characteristics is very limited. In this paper, a mathematical model for a SHP with FTHE as the evaporator and plate heat exchanger as the condenser is established and verified with experiments. Parametric analyses are carried out to investigate the influences of evaporator design parameters:… More >