Towards the thermodynamic characterization of an hybrid Pulsating Heat Pipe in micro-gravity conditions through parabolic flight campaigns

In the past years, growing demand of high thermal performances in front of low costs has pushed the development of brilliant two-phase based devices. Among the most promising there is the Pulsating Heat Pipes (PHP), which is a bended evacuated tube partially filled with a working fluid that oscillates thanks to thermally driven pressure differences. PHP opens new possibilities in terms of performances, simplicity, maintenance, cost and gravity independence.