To enhance the energy efficiency of microchannel separated heat pipes
a microchannel separated heat pipe system coupled with sky radiative cooling has been proposed. A numerical heat transfer model of the proposed system is established based on the volume-of-fluid method. The is characteristics of the system under various effective sky temperatures are numerically studied. The results indicate that compared to traditional microchannel separated heat pipe systems
the coupled system has higher working fluid flow rates and heat transfer coefficients
and therefore higher cooling capacity and energy efficiency ratio (EER). Due to the influence of solar radiation
energy saving potential by the coupled system is higher at night than in the daytime
with an improvement rate over the traditional system of 11%-22.7% and 6.6%-13.8%
respectively. The lower the effective sky temperature
the higher the energy saving potential can be obtained by the coupled system. Additionally
the influences of radiative cooling heat exchanger area
airflow rate
and indoor air temperature on the performance of the coupled system are discussed. It is found that the larger the radiative cooling heat exchanger area
the higher the cooling capacity and EER can be obtained. As the radiative cooling heat exchanger area increases from 0.15 m² to 1.79 m²
the cooling capacity rises from 719 W to 861 W
and the EER ranges from 9.22 to 11.04
which are increased by 19.7%.
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