Experimental study on the secondary evaporator of a cryogenic loop heat pipe

Ya Nan Zhao, Tao Yan, Jian Guo Li, Juan Wang, Jingtao Liang

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Abstract

Cryogenic loop heat pipes (CLHPs) are promising thermal links between the cryocoolers and the cooled components. This paper presents a prototype of cryogenic loop heat pipe working in the temperature range from 77 K to 100 K with nitrogen as working fluid, whose high heat transfer capacity was investigated in the earlier work. Besides a main loop, the prototype introduced a secondary loop with responsibility for the cool down and the thermal management of the CLHP during the operation. In this paper, a series of experiments were performed by changing the heat loads on the secondary evaporator during the operating process. The results were compared and analyzed to investigate the influence of the secondary evaporator to the performance of the CLHP. Beneficial conclusions were also obtained and demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Cryogenic Engineering - Transactions of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference - CEC, Volume 59
EditorsSusan Breon, Jennifer Marquardt, Thomas Peterson, Michael DiPirro, John Pfotenhauer, Jonathan Demko, James Fesmire, Arkadiy Klebaner, Sidney Yuan, Al Zeller, Peter Kittel, Gregory Nellis, Mark Zagarola
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
Pages20-27
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9780735412019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event2013 Joint Cryogenic Engineering and International Cryogenic Materials Conferences, CEC/ICMC 2013 - Anchorage, United States
Duration: 17 Jun 201321 Jun 2013

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1573
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference2013 Joint Cryogenic Engineering and International Cryogenic Materials Conferences, CEC/ICMC 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAnchorage
Period17/06/1321/06/13

Keywords

  • Cryogenic
  • Heat transfer
  • Loop heat pipe
  • Thermal management

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