Experimental investigation on the performance of compact loop heat pipe with engineered bio-inspired wick

The present study explores the performance of the CLHP with copper screen mesh and engineered bio-inspired wick structure with de-ionized water as a working fluid. The bio-inspired wick structure applied in this study is fabricated using an electrochemical process. The thermal performance of CLHP with screen mesh wick and the bio-inspired wick is tested, and a maximum of 30% reduction in thermal resistance was found with bio-inspired wick application while testing the CLHP with the heat input between 20 and 310 W compared to screen mesh wick and the enhancement in evaporator heat transfer coefficient is 43.25% at 20 W.