The present set-up is designed to study the performance of heat pipe as a super-conducting device and compare it with copper pipe and stainless steel pipe. It consists of three identical cylindrical conductors i.e. heat pipe, copper pipe and stainless steel pipe with One end heated electrically while there are small capacity tanks acting as heat sinks at the other end. The performance of the heat pipe can be studied in terms of temperature distribution along the length at a given instant. Nearly isothermal temperature distribution and fast rise of temperature in heat sink tank reveals the heat pipe superiority over the conventional conductors. It has an interfacing unit designed by Engineers along with Lab view software. This educational software allows/enables user to log the real time experimental data and tabulate the experimental/sample reading according to the requirement of experiment. User have a control on data logging, printing the stored data and preparing spread sheets in Excel. Flexible graph plotting facility is also available in the software

•An ENGLISH instruction manual consisting of experimental procedures, block diagram etc. will be provided along with the Apparatus.

•The whole set-up is well designed and arranged on a rigid structure painted with industrial PU Paint.

Experimentation/Learning Objectives

•To demonstrate the super thermal conductivity of Heat Pipe and to compare its working with best conductors i.e. Copper pipe & Stainless steel pipe.

•To plot the temperature v/s time response of pipes.

•To plot the temperature distribution along the length of pipes.

Utilities Required

•Electricity Supply: 1 Phase, 220 V AC, 50 Hz, 5-15 Amp combined socket with earth connection (Earth voltage should be less than 5 volts)

•Table for set-up support.

•Computer System: i-3 processor with DVD Drive, Windows 7/8, MS-Office pre-loaded. One USB slot required in PC for Data Acquisition Card.