418 A Study of Self-Circulating Thermosyphon : Operating characteristics for fluctuations of input thermal energy

Abstract

The self-circulating thermosyphon can operate without an external power supply, and as simple structure. The authors developed a self-circulating thermosyphon for transport of solar thermal energy. The solar radiation varies time to time. Therefore, the transient behaviors against varying thermal energy are important subjects. We examined about the tangent characteristics for fluctuations of thermal energy in this study. A thermosyphon showed good response to the stepwise variation of input thermal energy.