Continuation from above: Hopefully it will defy the gravity and swap the evaporator and condenser sections? What will be the major factors that are going to play vital role in thermal performance?
Thanks a lot for your support and guidance
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It will be capillary pumping limit - it's hydrodynamic limit, not thermal. The main issue it's poor thermal productivity of the grooved wick against gravity(i.e inclination angle
axially grooved heat pipe can operate 0.1 inch against gravity. the grooves have a very high permeability, allowing very long heat pipes for operation in micro-gravity, typically several meters long. One of their weaknesses is that they are suitable only for space, or for gravity aided sections of a heat pipe. The reason is that the same large pore size responsible for the high permeability results in low pumping capability.
you can check my paper at: http://www.1-act.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Hybrid-Heat-Pipes-for-Planetary-Surfaces-and-High-Heat-Flux-Applications-ICES-paper.pdf
Thanks a lot Iaroslav Nekrashevych & Mohammed T. Ababneh for your time and response.
Will do more research with your posts and papers and will come back soon to you guys with tons of questions :-)
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