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In this study, in order to provide heat
dissipation of the high power LEDs to be used for street illumination, U-shaped
cylindrical copper heat pipes are used. Thermal analysis of this system was
carried out numerically in the ANSYS Fluent software. Firstly, thermal analysis
was performed for different numbers, diameters and lengths of heat pipes and
optimum values were obtained. Afterwards, the optimum materials to be used as
components of LED packages were determined. In addition, the effect of the
power applied to the LED chip and of ambient temperature on the temperature
distribution of the whole system was examined.