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The effects of different refrigerants on heat transfer performance of pulsating heat pipe (PHP) are investigated experimentally. The working temperature of pulsating heat pipe is kept in the range of 20°C-50°C. The startup time of the pulsating heat pipe with refrigerants can be shorter than 4 min, when heating power is in the range of 10W?100W. The startup time decreases with heating power. Thermal resistances of PHP with filling ratio 20.55% were obviously larger than those with other filling ratios. Thermal resistance of the PHP with R134a is much smaller than that with R404A and R600a. It indicates that the heat transfer ability of R134a is better. In addition, a correlation to predict thermal resistance of PHP with refrigerants was suggested.
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This research was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51376019).
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Wang, X., Jia, L. Experimental study on heat transfer performance of pulsating heat pipe with refrigerants. J. Therm. Sci. 25, 449–453 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11630-016-0883-6
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