Long distance heat transport device using temperature sensitive magnetic fluid

Abstract

A prototype heat transport device using Temperature-Sensitive Magnetic Fluid (TSMF) is newly designed and manufactured for recovering low to high temperature available heat. In the present study, the device is a closed loop experimental system for testing fundamental performance and characteristics of thermal energy (heat) transport. The device introduced in the present study is particularly designed for the practicality of long distance heat transport. Experiments were performed with the device under fixed magnetic field imposed by a permanent magnet. It was shown that the heat transport rate increases as heat source temperature is increased. It is also verified that the prototype device transports high amount of heat with self-driving force for a channel length of more than L = 10 m.