Análisis térmico en tubos de calor experimentales aplicando termografía en el laboratorio de energía de la FICM

Abstract

The present experimental work consists in the elaboration of heat pipes that will be used for the study and analysis of heat flows, which will allow the researcher to have a better conceptualization of how these devices work; because they are highly conductive elements, since they can be formed inside by different types and forms of materials, called "wick", through which the working fluid is conducted. Experimental heat pipes were made, selecting each one of the materials for its elaboration, as well as the appropriate percentages of copper powder and urea beads to be subjected to the compaction process, and thus obtain the appropriate porosity, performing tests in the FICM laboratory; applying thermography techniques, in the experimental heat pipes, both in the boiler chimney, as well as in the burner that has 3 rings that provide the heat source. For its elaboration, equipment was used such as: electronic balance to measure the exact quantity and weight of the materials that were used, manual press where the specimens were compressed applying the appropriate pressure, oven with refractory walls that supports up to a temperature of 1200˚C , where the heat pipes were entered to obtain the sintering technique, and thermal imager that provided with different temperatures both in the evaporator, condenser and adiabatic zones, according to the variation in the configuration that was made with the heat pipes