Week Two Update

Figure 1: 3-D Model of One End of Heat Pipe

Week two was yet another research week, consisting of mainly identifying appropriate working fluids for our type of material, copper.  The decision was made to test three different fluids with this project being, Acetone, Methanol, and Water.

As shown above in Figure 1 developments were also made on the CAD based drawings through SOLIDWORKS.  Figure 1 displays a design with grooves running throughout the pipe and a thread on one end, this was the design originally planned on although changes could be made as testing occurs.  The above design in Figure 1 was taken and transferred into a 2-D model which displays each viewing angle which will be used as a basis for fabrication of the design.

Figure 2: 2-D Multiple Angle View of Heat Pipe