Study of Improvement in the Performance of Triple Effect Vapor Absorption System Using Loop Heat Pipes

Abstract

I. INTRODUCTION Loop Heat Pipe (LHP)is an evaporator-condenser that works on the thermo-siphon effect. It operates and transfers heat without any requirement of input work. It acts as a super-conductor owing to the high heat transfer rates related to the evaporation and condensation. The heat pipe is a wicked structure, outside of which the heat is absorbed by the working fluid of the LHP from the ambient and the fluid gets vaporized. This vapor passes through the porous wicked structure and moved towards the condenser of the LHP through the Vapor Line. The vapor rejects heat in the condenser and gets condensed. These condensates then move towards the Compensation Chamber (CC) connected to the evaporator of the LHP and gets accumulated there.