Analysis of energy conservation potential of the heat pipe using response surface methodology

This paper discusses about the energy conservation potential of the heat pipe using copper nanofluid as a working fluid and the optimizes the working parameters using the response surface methodology (RSM). The parameters considered are heat input, angle of inclination and concentration of the copper nano particles in the copper nanofluid. Box Behnken design is used to conduct the experiments in the heat pipe and the responses are thermal efficiency and the thermal resistance. The influences of the above parameters and the interaction effects are studied by analysis of variance (ANNOVA). The proposed model is the very useful to predict the thermal efficiency and thermal resistance of the heat pipe.