The DEPLOY! Project: Development of a Deployable Pulsating Heat Pipe Experiment on a parabolic flight

Alessandro Billi; Mauro  Mameli; Sauro Filippeschi; Nicolas Miche; Fabio Bozzoli; Roberta Perna; Silvia Picchi; Vittorio Rosselini; Erin Saltmarsh; Michele Bocelli; Nicola Picci

The DEPLOY! Project: Development of a Deployable Pulsating Heat Pipe Experiment on a parabolic flight

Alessandro Billi, Mauro Mameli, Sauro Filippeschi, Nicolas Miche, Fabio Bozzoli, Roberta Perna, Silvia Picchi, Vittorio Rosselini, Erin Saltmarsh, Michele Bocelli, Nicola Picci

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Abstract

DEPLOY! Project aims at analysing the behaviour of Deployable Pulsating Heat Pipe (PHP) shaped as a helicoidal torsional spring in the adiabatic section on board a Parabolic Flight platform. A PHP is a passive thermal control device where the heat is efficiently transported by means of the self-sustained oscillatory fluid motion driven by the phase change phenomena. The microgravity environment allows to eliminate the buoyancy force contribution in the liquid phase momentum. Consequently, it is possible to isolate the contribution of the pressure drop caused by the 3D arrangement and infer on their effect on the PHP performance. As a result, a proper design based on the previous considerations would increase the flexibility of the PHP for use in space applications without significant reductions in efficiency. The goal of DEPLOY! is to demonstrate the functionality of a Deployable Pulsating Heat Pipe in various unfolding configurations by analysing its thermal-hydraulic response throughout a Parabolic Flight. The presented Deployable PHP is composed of an aluminium tube (inner/outer diameters 1.6mm/2.6 mm) and filled with HFE-7000. It is heated at the evaporator using a flat heater and cooled at the condenser with a water-cooled cold plate. T-type thermocouples are used to measure the wall temperature in several locations, while two pressure transducers (one located in the evaporator section and another in the condenser section of the same pipe) measure the local fluid pressure. Additionally, an IR Camera will be used to observe a section of the pipe for further analysis of the flow frequency. The device operation will be tested on ground and 0-g at different heat loads (24W, 34W), in multiple static positions corresponding to different opening angles (0°, 45°, 90°, 135°, 180°) and during its dynamic opening from 0° to 180°, thanks to a remotely controllable motion system.
Keywords: Deployable Pulsating Heat Pipe, Parabolic flight, Microgravity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	40th UIT International Conference
Subtitle of host publication	June 26-28 2023, Palazzo Bernabei, Assisi, Italy
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 6 Jun 2023
Event	40th International Heat Transfer Conference - Palazzo Bernabei, Assisi, Italy Duration: 26 Jun 2023 → 28 Jun 2023 Conference number: 40 https://www.uit2023.it/

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Conference	40th International Heat Transfer Conference
Abbreviated title	UIT
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Assisi
Period	26/06/23 → 28/06/23
Internet address	https://www.uit2023.it/

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Deployable Pulsating Heat Pipe
Pulsating heat pipe
Parabolic Flight
Microgravity

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Billi, A, Mameli, M, Filippeschi, S, Miche, N, Bozzoli, F, Perna, R, Picchi, S, Rosselini, V, Saltmarsh, E, Bocelli, M & Picci, N 2023, The DEPLOY! Project: Development of a Deployable Pulsating Heat Pipe Experiment on a parabolic flight. in 40th UIT International Conference: June 26-28 2023, Palazzo Bernabei, Assisi, Italy., 112, 40th International Heat Transfer Conference, Assisi, Italy, 26/06/23.

The DEPLOY! Project: Development of a Deployable Pulsating Heat Pipe Experiment on a parabolic flight. / Billi, Alessandro; Mameli, Mauro ; Filippeschi, Sauro et al.
40th UIT International Conference: June 26-28 2023, Palazzo Bernabei, Assisi, Italy. 2023. 112.

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