Detailed visualization experiments on the start-up process and stable operation of pulsating heat pipes: Effects of dividing boards

PS Cheng, SC Wong - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
To broaden the applicable orientation for the existing closed loop pulsating heat pipe
(CLPHP) with a relatively large tube (internal diameter of 6 mm), this work fabricated a novel …

Detailed visualization experiments on the start-up process and stable operation of double-layered pulsating heat pipes under vertical and horizontal orientations

PS Cheng, SC Wong - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024 - Elsevier
The thermal characteristics in a double-layered 3D-CLPHP are investigated by visualization
experiments. The results are compared with those of a single-layered CLPHP under the …

Theoretical critical velocity of individual bubble forming vapor plug in oscillating heat pipes exceeding the critical diameter

Y Shen, Y Ji, Z Liu, X Yang - … Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2025 - Elsevier
The motion behavior of bubbles is of great significance for the formation of vapor plugs in
oscillating heat pipes exceeding the critical diameter (Ecd-OHPs). By analyzing bubble …

Thermo-hydrodynamic analysis of a nitrogen flat-plate pulsating heat pipe using CFD modeling and visualization experiments

Z Bu, S Li, S Zhao, B Jiao, R Su, B Wang… - … Communications in Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
The pulsating heat pipe (PHP) is well known for its high heat transfer efficiency and has
great potentiality for various heat transfer applications. However, the complex coupling and …

Heat transfer phenomena and performance investigations for 3D fin-and-tube pulsating heat pipe heat exchanger under vertical and horizontal orientations

PS Cheng, SC Wong, SK Wu - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2024 - Elsevier
The present heat exchanger is modified from an inexpensive commercial heat exchanger
composed of three connected tube layers with an internal tube diameter of 5.6 mm. Under …

Numerical Simulation on Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of a Single-loop Oscillating Heat Pipe with Variable Pipe Diameter Ratios

H Lu, MM Noor, N Shuigen… - Journal of Advanced …, 2024 - semarakilmu.com.my
A three-dimensional numerical model, employing the Volume of Fluid (VOF) method, was
developed for a single-loop oscillating heat pipe (OHP) with variable diameters. The …