The rotating heat pipe priming in gravity body forces

摘要

The paper presents a study of the conditions for wetting the evaporator section of the rotating heat pipe (the minimum amount of working fluid and minimum angular speed), namely heat pipe priming. Because the rotating heat pipe is wickless, the priming is assured by the inertial body forces. Thus, the paper presents a study of the conditions for wetting the evaporator section of the rotating heat pipe, operating in various positions (the minimum amount of working fluid and minimum angular speed).