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Analysis of the one-dimensional transient compressible vapor flow in heat pipesThe transient compressible one-dimensional vapor flow dynamics in a heat pipe is modeled. The numerical results are obtained by using the implicit non-iterative Beam-Warming finite difference method. The model is tested for simulated heat pipe vapor flow and actual vapor flow in cylindrical heat pipes. A good comparison of the present transient results for the simulated heat pipe vapor flow with the previous results of a two-dimensional numerical model is achieved and the steady state results are in agreement with the existing experimental data. The transient behavior of the vapor flow under subsonic, sonic, and supersonic speeds as well as high mass flow rates are successfully predicted.
Document ID
19910063112
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Jang, Jong H.
(NASA Lewis Research Center; Sverdrup Technology, Inc. Cleveland, OH, United States)
Faghri, Amir
(Wright State University Dayton, OH, United States)
Chang, Won S.
(USAF, Wright Research and Development Center Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume: 34
ISSN: 0017-9310
Subject Category
Fluid Mechanics And Heat Transfer
Accession Number
91A47735
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: F33615-88-C-2820
Distribution Limits
Public
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