AP09_2.vp 1 Introduction A heat pipe is a device that is able to transport heat over long distance with an insignificant temperature drop and with very high efficiency. Heat is transferred by the cycle of a work- ing fluid in a gaseous and liquid state inside a heat pipe, with phase changes – evaporation and condensation. The thermal conductance of a heat pipe is usually more than one hundred times higher than thermal conductance of copper (depend- ing on the type of a heat pipe). Heat pipes are commonly used for cooling and heat transport in electronic devices, techno- logical processes and in many other types of equipment. In some applications, heat transport controllability is re- quired. Several standard modifications are used for this pur- pose, e.g. addition of a noncondensable gas into the heat pipe. In previous experiments implemented in our labora- tory, we have observed a significant influence of the static magnetic field on the heat transport in the gravitational heat pipe filled with pure oxygen as a working fluid. Liquid oxygen flowing down a wall under gravity can be captured by a magnetic field. When the magnetic field inten- sity is high enough, most of the oxygen is trapped. The lower part of the heat pipe is cut off from the working fluid and is apparently inactivated. We have observed that the heat flow is clearly disturbed by the exposure to a static magnetic field with the magnetic induction over 0.4 T. Without magnetic field the working fluid can circulate with no restrictions [1]. The heat pipe operation and the magnetic field control may depend on various parameters, e.g. some of the im- portant properties and the quantity of working fluid (esp. thermal characteristics and the magnetic susceptibility), the construction and the inner structure of the heat pipe (esp. a wick structure), etc. Of course, magnetic field behaviors are also very important for successful heat transfer control. The influence of the quantity of working fluid in the se- lected type of heat pipe on the operation and on the magnetic field control has been ascertained in our experiments and will be discussed below. The cryogenic gravitational heat pipe with a special construction was manufactured for this purpose and a testing device was also set up. Oxygen was chosen as a working fluid, due to its suitable magnetic properties. The experimental installation is shown in Fig. 1. 2 Experimental A series of identical experiments was performed for sev- eral different quantities of working fluid. The influence on the function and on the magnetic field control was observed for the gravitational heat pipe filled with pure oxygen (see Fig. 2). The top part of the heat pipe was chilled by liquid nitrogen and the rest was exposed to room temperature (approx. 297 K). A static magnetic field was situated in the middle. The blocking efficiency of the magnetic field was determined by measuring the temperature changes above and below the magnetic field zone. We used K-type thermo- couples calibrated by a Pt-thermometer. 44 © Czech Technical University Publishing House http://ctn.cvut.cz/ap/ Acta Polytechnica Vol. 49 No. 2–3/2009 Working Fluid Quantity Effect on Magnetic Field Control of Heat Pipes F. Cingroš, T. Hron This paper deals with heat pipes controlled by a static magnetic field and with an important side effect – the quantity of working fluid. Heat pipes are able to provide very effective heat transport. Several standard regulation methods are commonly used for this purpose. In previous experiments implemented in our laboratory, we have observed the significant influence of a magnetic field on the heat conductance of the se- lected heat pipe. A special heat pipe was manufactured for this purpose and pure oxygen was chosen as a working fluid, due to its suitable magnetic properties. The heat pipe operation and the magnetic field control depend on various parameters. This paper is focused on the in- fluence of the quantity of working fluid. Some important results of our experiments are presented and discussed. Keywords: Heat pipes, magnetic field, variable conductance, oxygen, cryogenic. Fig. 1: Experimental installation The heat pipe was made from a brassy tube (length 470 mm, outside diameter 8 mm, wall thickness 1 mm). The ends of the tube were closed by brassy plugs with a hole through. Copper capillaries (outside diameter 2 mm, wall thickness 0.5 mm) were connected through the brassy plugs to both ends of the heat pipe. They connected the heat pipe with a filling device and with a manometer. The heat pipe was filled with pure oxygen from the pressure vessel through the filling capillary and the filling pressure in the system was measured by the manometer. The relative permeability �r of gaseous oxygen is 1.00053, but for liquid oxygen �r � 1003. (at boiling point). This is high enough to be possible to capture liquid oxygen by the expo- sure to a magnetic field. A static magnetic field was generated by two special Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets (dimensions in millimeters – 40×20×10) with a magnetic circuit. The magnetic induction B was 0.6 T in the middle of the air-gap and the magnetic field was in the active blocking zone approximately homo- geneous. The magnetic field could alternatively have been generated by an electromagnet with specially shaped mag- netic poles. The magnetic induction B was adjustable in the range from 0 T to 1.3 T in the middle of the air-gap and the gradient B increased to a value of 300 T/m at the edges of the poles in such a case. The experiment was performed for 3 different values of the filling pressure in the heat pipe system – 8.0 MPa, 4.5 MPa, 1.8 MPa (at normal temperature T � 297 K). Ac- cordingly, the values of liquid oxygen at liquid nitrogen tem- perature (T � 77 K) were 1.33 cm3, 0.75 cm3, 0.30 cm3 (most of the working fluid is in the liquid state at that moment). 3 Experimental results The functional quality and the magnetic field control of the tested heat pipe were the main parameters observed for the three different quantities of the working fluid. The mea- sured temperature characteristics are illustrated in the three figures, one for each value of the quantity of working fluid. The characteristic T1 represents the temperature in the lower part of the heat pipe – below the magnetic field zone, T2 rep- resents the temperature in the upper part of the heat pipe – between the magnetic field zone and the liquid nitrogen bath (see Fig. 2). A magnetic field (B � 0.6 T) was active at the beginning of the experiments, then the magnetic field was deactivated for a time period and finally it was activated again till the © Czech Technical University Publishing House http://ctn.cvut.cz/ap/ 45 Acta Polytechnica Vol. 49 No. 2–3/2009 Fig. 2: Schema of the heat pipe system (dimensions are shown in millimeters) . Fig. 3: Temperature characteristics for the heat pipe with filling pressure 8 MPa under discontinuous magnetic field exposure B = 0.6 T end of the experiment. The efficiency of the magnetic field barrier can be determined from the temperature difference T T1 2� . Without exposure to a magnetic field heat pipe can normally operate and the temperature difference is insig- nificant. As the disturbing effects increase, the temperature difference also increases. The heat pipe was able to transport heat in all observed cases and this main function was satisfactory throughout the experiment and with all quantities of working fluid. The heat pipe became almost isothermal in a short time after deactiva- tion of the magnetic field. There is no important difference between the characteristics for filling pressure 8.0 MPa (Fig. 3) and 4.5 MPa (Fig. 4). At 1.8 MPa (Fig. 5) the isothermal temperature was higher. It is obvious that the heat transfer capability was lower in this case and the liquid nitrogen bath was not able to cool the heat pipe as much as before. Now let us focus on the magnetic field control. The heat transport was clearly disturbed during the exposure to a magnetic field in all observed cases. The magnetic field (B � 0.6 T) was great enough to capture most of the working fluid in the magnetic field zone and the lower part of the heat pipe was cut off and put out of operation. The tempera- ture characteristics for filling pressure 8.0 MPa (Fig. 3) and 4.5 MPa (Fig. 4) are very similar. After deactivation of the 46 © Czech Technical University Publishing House http://ctn.cvut.cz/ap/ Acta Polytechnica Vol. 49 No. 2–3/2009 . . Fig. 4: Temperature characteristics for the heat pipe with filling pressure 4.5 MPa under discontinuous magnetic field exposure B � 0.6 T .. Fig. 5: Temperature characteristics for the heat pipe with filling pressure 1.8 MPa under discontinuous magnetic field exposure B � 0.6 T magnetic field the working cycle inside the heat pipe was refreshed and temperature T1 immediately dropped. The temperatures became isothermal in a moment. As soon as the magnetic field was reactivated the temperature difference started to increase rapidly. At filling pressure 1.8 MPa (Fig. 5) the dynamic of these temperature changes was slower than in the previous cases. The highest temperature difference was achieved at filling pressure 4.5 MPa – 167 K just before deactivation of the magnetic field, resp. 159 K in the time stable state at the end of the measurement. At 8 MPa the difference was slightly lower – 165 K, resp. 156 K. The lowest temperature difference was observed at pressure 1.8 MPa – 155 K, resp. 137 K. 4 Conclusion The influence of the quantity of working fluid on the operation and on the magnetic field control of the mentioned heat pipe has been observed. The cryogenic gravitational heat pipe filled with pure oxygen was specially manufactured and the testing device was set up for this purpose. The main function of a heat pipe – heat transport – was satisfactory throughout the experiment and with all quanti- ties of working fluid. At filling pressure 1.8 MPa the heat transfer capability was lower than in the case of a greater quantity of working fluid. The heat transport was clearly disturbed during exposure to the magnetic field exposure in all observed cases. The highest temperature difference under exposure to a magnetic field was achieved at filling pressure 4.5 MPa. At 8 MPa the difference was slightly lower. The lowest temperature differ- ence was observed at pressure 1.8 MPa and the dynamic of the temperature changes was also slower than in the previous cases. From the set of three quantities of working fluid observed in the experiment, the value for filling pressure 4.5 MPa seems to be optimal. A greater quantity should not make major changes. Reducing the quantity can cause negative effects mentioned above. Acknowledgments The research described in this paper has been supervised by Doc. Ing. J. Kuba, CSc., FEE CTU in Prague and sup- ported by research program no. 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