EXPERIMENTATION TO PREDICT THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF CONVENTIONAL HEAT PIPE WITH WATER AND HYDROCARBON AS WORKING FLUID

Roshan D. Bhagat, Sashikant R. Thakare, Sanjaykumar C. Makwana

Abstract: This work attempts to analyses the performance of conventional heat pipe with water and hydrocarbon as working fluid. The hydrocarbon working fluid involve acetone and methanol. The experimental investigation involves the determination of thermal resistance of conventional heat pipe at various heat input and to determine the best working fluid out of the water, acetone and methanol. Conventional heat pipe is filled with water, acetone and methanol with the filling ratio of 60 % with this filling ratio the thermal performance of the device is investigated

Keywords: Working Fluid, Heat Transfer, Thermal Resistance, Thermal Performance

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0503073