An experimental investigation for a looped and parallel-grooved pulsating heat pipe(PHP)was carried out to obtain a more steady start-up process for an electrical apparatus with controlling the input heat flux and condensing temperature. The experimental results show that the working fluid in the pipe abruptly boils in a special condition at the start-up process
and meanwhile the temperature in the evaporating section of PHP falls and the temperature in the condensing section increases. The broad sense thermal resistance of PHP suddenly falls down at the same time. Moreover
the PHP quickly attains steady working state with an optimum charge rate of 50 per cent of volume quantity
an optimum inclination angle of 50 degrees and an optimum heating capacity of 28.5 W. In addition
the effect of the cooling water flux on the performance of the PHP's start-up process is weak.
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