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Development and Characterization of Sintered Zeolite and Zeolite-Kaolin Wick Structure for Thermosiphon Heat-Pipe Application

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Muhammad Aon Ali ,
Tzong-Shyng Leu ,
Chih-Yuan Weng  and
Hafiz Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Aon Ali
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, No. 168, Sec. 1, University Road, Minhsiung, 62102, Chiayi, Taiwan, Republic of China International Doctoral Degree Program On Energy Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City 70101, Taiwan
Tzong-Shyng Leu
Affiliation:
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan, Taiwan 70101, Republic of China
Chih-Yuan Weng
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Kaohsiung City 820, Taiwan, Republic of China
Hafiz Muhammad Ali*
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia Interdisciplinary Research Center for Renewable Energy and Power Systems (IRC-REPS), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
*
e-mail: hafiz.ali@kfupm.edu.sa
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Abstract

A wick structure is the core part of a heat pipe that produces capillaries to move liquid from a condenser to an evaporator. The purpose of the current study was to develop a wick structure from zeolite and kaolin using various sintering methods. Due to significant porosity and water-adsorption properties, zeolite and kaolin can produce a large capillary force inside the heat pipe. A porous wick specimen is developed from pure zeolite together with a mixture of zeolite and kaolin by using pressureless (loosely packed) and conventional pressurized sintering for thermosiphon heat-pipe applications. Major properties such as porosity, water adsorption, and permeability were noted to be better under pressureless sintering compared to pressurized sintering. Significant and uneven shrinkage in both radial and linear directions is a major problem in loosely packed sintering of pure zeolite. However, the addition of kaolin helps to overcome the problem of porosity and shrinkage in pure zeolite; but the permeability and strength of the wick structure are reduced with the addition of kaolin. A general trend is that increasing porosity causes increasing permeability. Due to grain size and compaction, however, permeability is reduced with the addition of kaolin. Based on the experimental results for porosity and permeability, the wick structure formed from zeolite with 5–10% of kaolin has better thermal properties for heat-pipe applications.

Keywords

PermeabilityPorosityWickZeoliteZeolite-kaolin mixture
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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 70 , Issue 6 , December 2022 , pp. 850 - 864
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Copyright © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to The Clay Minerals Society 2023

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Associate Editor: Prakash Malla

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