// Display mode mode(0); // Display warning for floating point exception ieee(1); clc; disp("Principles of Heat transfer, Seventh Edition, Frank Kreith, Raj M Manglik and Mark S Bohn, Chapter 10, Example 6") //Length of Heat pipe in meters L_eff=0.30; //Temperature of the heat pipe in degree celcius T=100; //Diameter of the heat pipe in meters D=1e-2; //Density of water at 100 degree celcius in k/m^3 rho=958; //Viscosity of water in N s/m^2 mu=279e-6; //surface tension of the liquid-to-vapor interface in N/m sigma=58.9e-3; //latent heat of vaporization in J/kg h_fg=2.26e6; //Inclination angle in degree theta=30; //Acceleration due to gravity in meter/sec^2 g=9.81; //Wire diameter for wick in metres d=0.0045e-2; //So thickness of four layers of wire mesh t=4*d; //Area of the wick in m^2 Aw=%pi*D*t; //For phosphorus-bronze,heat pipe wick pore size in meters r=0.002e-2; //For phosphorus-bronze,heat pipe wick permeability in m^2 K=0.3e-10; disp("Maximum liquid flow rate in kg/sec") //flow rate in kg/sec m_max=((2*sigma/r)-rho*g*L_eff*sind(theta))*((rho*Aw*K)/(mu*L_eff)) disp("Maximum heat transport capability in Watt") //heat transport capability in W q_max=m_max*h_fg