Accession Number:

AD0701674

Title:

THE OPERATION OF A ROTATING, WICKLESS HEAT PIPE

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Ballback, Leonard J.

Report Date:

1969-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

53.0

Abstract:

A Nusselt type analysis was performed during laminar film condensation on the inside of a rotating truncated cone. This analysis was employed to determine the condensing limit of a wickless heat pipe, rotating about its longitudinal axis. Performance characteristics including the effects of geometry, rotational speed, and the characteristics of fluid are given. A comparison is made between the condensing, boiling, sonic, and entrainment limits for a given heat pipe geometry.

Descriptors:

• *HEAT EXCHANGERS
• HEAT TRANSFER
• FILMS
• THESES
• PIPES
• MASS TRANSFER
• OPERATION
• LAMINAR FLOW
• CONICAL BODIES
• CONDENSATION
• HEAT OF VAPORIZATION
• BOILING

Subject Categories:

• Air Conditioning, Heating, Lighting and Ventilating
• Thermodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE