Abstract

The length of the evaporation or condensation section has a significant impact on conventional heat pipe or copper flat heat pipe heat transfer performance. Based on this demand, a novel concept of the length ratio of evaporation and condensation section (LREC) of the flat plate micro grooved heat pipe (FPMHP) was proposed and the effect of the LRECs on the thermal performance of aluminum-based FPMHP with different micro grooved wicks was experimentally investigated for the first time. The experiment explored the effects of nine different LRECs on the thermal performance of FPMHP with the same section size, filling mass, rectangular and triangular micro grooved wicks installed at 90°, a constantly increasing input heat flux, and forced air cooling. The findings demonstrate that rectangular micro grooved wick flat heat pipe (FPMHP-r) and triangular grooved wick flat heat pipe (FPMHP-t) have the shortest startup times when LREC is 1.0, with FPMHP-r starting 70 s sooner than FPMHP-t. When 0.8 ≤ LREC ≤ 1.25, the heat transfer performance of FPMHP-t and FPMHP-r is excellent, better than performance when LREC < 0.8 or LREC > 1.25, and the LREC is recommended to be 0.8 ∼ 1.25 in practical applications. The optimal LREC value of aluminum-based FPMHP is 1.0, which can maximizes the heat transfer performance. Under the same conditions, the heat transfer performance of FPMHP-r is better than FPMHP-t, flat heat pipe wicks with high permeability, low porosity and effective pore radius should be designed in practice. The results can provide a theoretical basis for the design and optimization of aluminum-based FPMHP application.

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