TY - JOUR
T1 - Study of an annular two-phase thermosyphon used as an isothermal source in thermometry
AU - Sánchez-Silva, Florencio
AU - Carvajal-Mariscal, Ignacio
AU - Moreno-Cordobés, Ariel E.
AU - Diez, Pedro Quinto
AU - Velázquez, Miguel Toledo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Journal of Mechanical Engineering. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The feasibility of using an annular two-phase thermosyphon (TPT) in thermometry was studied experimentally; the main results are presented in this paper. The TPT was conceived as an isothermal source for calibration purposes, using the comparison method. For this purpose, an annular TPT was designed, built and characterized, using water as a working fluid. In order to determine experimentally how isothermal the TPT annular surface can be, eight thermocouples were installed axially on its surface. Tests were performed for two different cooling water flows 16.67 cm3/s and 4.17 cm3/s. For each cooling water flow, four heat power levels were supplied in the evaporation zone: (38, 154, 350, 1,385) W. The experimental results have shown that the thermal device works isothermal for power levels higher than 350 W, where the so-called bar effect is not present and the temperature measurement error is reduced.
AB - The feasibility of using an annular two-phase thermosyphon (TPT) in thermometry was studied experimentally; the main results are presented in this paper. The TPT was conceived as an isothermal source for calibration purposes, using the comparison method. For this purpose, an annular TPT was designed, built and characterized, using water as a working fluid. In order to determine experimentally how isothermal the TPT annular surface can be, eight thermocouples were installed axially on its surface. Tests were performed for two different cooling water flows 16.67 cm3/s and 4.17 cm3/s. For each cooling water flow, four heat power levels were supplied in the evaporation zone: (38, 154, 350, 1,385) W. The experimental results have shown that the thermal device works isothermal for power levels higher than 350 W, where the so-called bar effect is not present and the temperature measurement error is reduced.
KW - Annular
KW - Calibration
KW - Isothermal
KW - Thermometry
KW - Two-phase thermosyphons
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U2 - 10.5545/sv-jme.2014.2123
DO - 10.5545/sv-jme.2014.2123
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0039-2480
VL - 61
SP - 273
EP - 282
JO - Strojniski Vestnik/Journal of Mechanical Engineering
JF - Strojniski Vestnik/Journal of Mechanical Engineering
IS - 4
ER -