Heat Pipe Demonstrator With Data Logging Facility

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The present set-up is designed to study the performance of heat pipe as a super-conducting device and compare it with copper pipe and stainless-steel pipe. It consists of three identical cylindrical conductors i.e., heat pipe, copper pipe and stainless-steel pipe with One end heated electrically while there are small capacity tanks acting as heat sinks at the other end. The performance of the heat pipe can be studied in terms of temperature distribution along the length at a given instant. Nearly isothermal temperature distribution and fast rise of temperature in heat sink tank reveals the heat pipe superiority over the conventional conductors. It has an interfacing unit designed by Engineers along with Lab view software. This educational software allows/enables user to log the real time experimental data and tabulate the experimental/sample reading according to the requirement of experiment. User have a control on data logging, printing the stored data and preparing spread sheets in Excel. Flexible graph plotting facility is also available in the software.

Pipes  1st : Heat pipe made of stainless steel.

2nd : Made of copper.

3rd : Made of Stainless steel.

Size : 32mm dia, 350 mm length (Approx.)

Heat Sink  Material Stainless steel.
Working fluid in heat pipe  Distilled water.
Heaters Nichrome Wire Band Type.
Digital Temperature Controller  PID Controller, 0-199°C.
Control panel comprising of  Temperature measuremen Temperature Transmitter-12Nos. with 4-20 mA Output. With standard make On off switch, Mains Indicator etc.