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Operation of heat pipes as closed thermodynamic multi-component systems is analyzed. The expressions are obtained for transported thermal energy in the dry, moist and superheated vapor as well as in supercooled fluid phase. Different thermodynamic operating conditions of heat pipes are compared with the experimental data. The exergy balance is used to obtain the expressions for the thermodynamic efficiency of heat pipes. The thermodynamic analysis of the efficiencies of a gas laser — heat pipe is given. |