A new approach to thermo- Fluid behavior through porous layer of heat pipes

Abstract

This paper developed a new mathematical model to investigate the heat transfer as well as wick thickness of a heat pipe. The model was set up by conservative equations of continuity, momentum and energy in the thermal boundary layer. Using the similarity variable, the governing equations have been changed to a set of ordinary differential equations and they were solved numerically by the forth order Runge-Kutta method. The flow variables such as velocity components, wick thickness and Nusselt number were obtained. The results show that the Nusselt number is proportional to the root square root of the Darcy-modified Rayleigh number and that the distance from the edge of the condenser surface. Furthermore, the thickness of the wick material depends on the Jakob number and proportional to the heat transfer between the wall and the liquid film.