Study on heat transfer performance of an aluminum flat plate heat pipe with fins in vapor chamber

The heat transfer performance of a novel flat plate heat pipe (FPHP) for electronic cooling was investigated experimentally. A variety of performance tests of FPHP were carried out with different air flow velocities (1.5 m/s < u < 6 m/s), working fluid filling ratios (10% < FR < 50%), and the vacuum degrees (0.002 Pa < VD < 0.25 Pa). Using distilled water and acetone as working fluids, the influence of the above parameters on steady-state heat transfer characteristics of the FPHP was also examined. The experimental results indicated that the filling ratio and vacuum degree had a significant influence on thermal performance of FPHP. Compared with cooling performance using distilled water and acetone, the FPHP cooling component using acetone had a stronger heat dissipation capacity for the same filling ratio. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.