Experimental Investigation of Heat Pipe Application in Car Engine Radiator

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Nasiri, Ruhollah | 2014

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 46231 (08)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor(s): Shafii, Mohammad Behshad; Saboohi,Yadollah
Abstract:
Heat pipe is a heat transfer device that may have a thermal conductance hundreds of times higher than that of copper. Currently, heat pipes have been used in numerous applications including satellite thermal management, energy systems for energy recovery and energy conversion, and electronics cooling, particularly in laptop and desktop computers. In this thesis, a new application of the heat pipe in an automotive engine is introduced. In this application, heat pipes are incorporated into the radiator of the automotive engine for more efficient heat transfer. In particular, the employment of the heat pipes would allow the gravity to be used as the driving force for the liquid return from the condenser section to the evaporator section, so that the costs of the heat pipe can be reduced. With the employment of the heat pipe, the engine radiator can be made more compact or the cooling load of the radiator can be increased for heavy-duty engines, while the power consumption of the water pump and cooling fan can be reduced for higher energy efficiency
Keywords:
Heat Pipe ; Thermosiphons ; Radiators ; Heat Exchangers ; Car Engine Radiator

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