The experimental work was conducted on heat pipe connecting the evaporator and condenser end with a liquid bypass line. The liquid bypass line was designed to extend the maximum thermal of the heat pipe. The heat pipe with a total length of 750 mm are...
The experimental work was conducted on heat pipe connecting the evaporator and condenser end with a liquid bypass line. The liquid bypass line was designed to extend the maximum thermal of the heat pipe. The heat pipe with a total length of 750 mm are made of aluminum material. the evaporator and condenser are the same as 200 mm in length, and the adiabatic length is 350 mm. The inner diameters of the heat pipe and bypass line were 15.88 mm and 6.35 mm, respectively. Acetone was used as working fluid. In this experimental work, the effect of the bypass line on heat transfer performance of the heat pipe is to be presented. The maximum thermal load of the heat pipes with and without the liquid bypass line were analyzed and compared with each other, under tilt angles of 0° to 20°. Typical results showed that the maximum thermal load was increased by approximately 35.5% on horizontal arrangement.