HeatPipe_HGWick_CL
Call Heatpipe_HGWick_CL(T_e, Q_dot, L_e, L_a, L_c, theta, R_in, Fluid$, por, tort, th_wick, R_pore, A, D_wire, Mesh, Flag: X[1..31], Power[1..31], Temp[1..31], Press[1..31])
The function HeatPipe_HGWick_CL calculates the performance of a homogeneous wick heat pipe using the program HTPIPE, translated from FORTRAN to Delphi.
Inputs:
T_e - temperature of vapor leaving the evaporator [K, C, F, or R]
Q_dot - heat transfer rate carried by the heat pipe [W, kW, or Btu/hr]
L_e - length of evaporator [m or ft]
L_a - length of adiabatic section [m or ft]
L_c - length of condenser [m or ft]
theta - angle of heat pipe [rad or deg], note that positive corresponds to evaporator down
R_in - inner radius of heat pipe [m or ft]
Fluid$ - fluid ('lithium', 'sodium', 'potassium', 'mercury', or 'water')
por - porosity of the wick [-]
tort - tortuosity of the wick screen [-]
R_pore - effective pore radius for maintaining pressure difference at liquid-vapor interface [m or ft]
A - velocity profile correction factor used by HTPIPE [-]
A is defined as u^2/V^2 where u = local velocity and V = average velocity at the evaporator exit
A = 1.234 for laminar flow and A = 2.22 for turbulent flow
D_wire - wire dimension for the wick [m or ft]
Mesh - mesh for screen in US - openings/inch^2 regardless of unit system. The units are not set for this input [-].
Flag - flag to set flow condition, set to 0 to ignore
1 = laminar vapor and laminar liquid
2 = turbulent vapor and laminar liquid
3 = laminar vapor and turbulent liquid
4 = turbulent vapor and turbulent liquid
Outputs:
X[1..31] - positions at temperatures, pressures and power are reported [m]
X[1..11] will be in evaporator
X[11..21] will be in adiabatic section
X[21..31] will be in condenser
Q_dot[1..31] - local power transported [W or Btu/hr]
Temp[1..31] - local vapor temperature [K, C, F, or R]
Press[1..31] - local vapor pressure [Pa, kPa, psi, atm]
The units for the inputs to the function are based on the unit setting in EES.
Example:
$Load Component Library
$UnitSystem SI Mass J K Pa Radian
$VarInfo X[] Units='m'
$VarInfo Q_dot[] Units='W'
$VarInfo Temp[] Units='K'
$VarInfo Press[] Units='Pa'
T_e = 775 [K]
Q_dot = 2500 [W]
L_e = 1 [m]
L_a = 0.2 [m]
L_c = 1 [m]
theta = 0 [rad]
R_in = 0.0185 [m]
Fluid$ = 'Sodium'
por = 0.76
tort = 1.8
th_wick = 0.125 [cm]*Convert(cm,m)
R_pore = 0.0025 [cm]*Convert(cm,m)
A = 1.234 [-]
D_wire = 0.02 [cm]*Convert(cm,m)
Mesh = 150 [-]
Flag = 0 [-]
Call Heatpipe_HGWick_CL(T_e, Q_dot, L_e, L_a, L_c, theta, R_in, Fluid$, por, tort, th_wick, R_pore, A, D_wire, Mesh, Flag: X[1..31], Power[1..31], Temp[1..31], Press[1..31])
