USER'S MANUAL FOR THE TRW GASPIPE 2 PROGRAM A VAPOR-GAS FRONT ANALYSIS PROGRAM FOR HEAT PIPES CONTAINING NON-CONDENSIBLE GAS

摘要

It allows one to:nCalculate the wall temperature profile along a gas-loaded heat pipe.nCalculate the amount of gas loading necessary to obtain a desired evaporator temperature at a desired heat load.nCalculate the heat load versus the evaporator temperature for a fixed amount of gas in the pipe.nCalculate the heat and mass transfer along the pipe, including the vapor-gas front region.nCalculate the heat leak when the condenser is filled with gas.nCalculate whether or not freezing occurs in the condenser and, if so, at what rate.nDetermine the information required to size the gas reservoir of gas-controlled heat pipes.