Analysis of Closed Loop Pulsating Heat Pipe Using Python Programming

Abstract

A computer program has been developed using PYTHON for the analysis of multi turn CLPHP made up of copper with capillary dimensions such as 2mm and 3.1 mm inner and outer diameters. The central difference finite difference equations are used to determine the temperatures at various sections by using numerical methods. The heat transfer equations for each cell solved iteratively, and the temperature values are updated at each time step until the solution converged. The performance of the heat pipe was analysed by varying the heat inputs and working fluid conditions. PYTHON code is developed for different fluids by using libraries such as NumPy, SciPy, and Matplotlib to obtain temperature matrix. Thermal resistance as a performance parameter is calculated with the help of temperatures. The obtained temperatures by running Python code are compared with the existing experimental results.