Abstract
An experimental study has been performed to investigate the critical heat flux in a concentric-tube thermosyphon which has the straight shape of an inner tube. The outer tube was 27.4mm in diameter with 1080mm in height. Visual observations and measurments were carried out under the condition of uniform wall heat flux using R-11 and R-113 as the working liquid. The effects of inner tube diameter, insert length of inner tube into reservoir, and liquid subcooling on critical heat flux were extensively discussed. In addition, same experiments of single-tube thermosyphon were carried out for comparison. It was found that critical heat flux characteristics for concentric-tube thermosyphon were classified two regions. The correlation equations of both regions and transition condition were determined.
