Design of a two-phase loop thermosyphon for telecommunications system (II).

computer simulation is performed for a two-phase loop thermosyphon for the B-ISDN telecommunications. The aim of this code development is to provide capabilities to predict the affects of many variables on the performance of the proposed TLT system using different empirical correlations obtained from the literature for the evaporation and condensation, and the shape factors available. In the present study, the simulation code is based on the sectorial thermal resistance network built on the flow regimes of the two-phase flows involved. The nodal resistances are solved by the typical Gauss-Seidal iteration method. The code can predict whether the proposed design is possible based on the Hooding limit calculation of the system and its results are compared with the experimental results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]