The invention relates to the technical field of
electronic equipment heat dissipation, and discloses a thermal management device and method for stratospheric unmanned aerial vehicle communication load, a passive
thermal control device and an active
thermal control device are arranged, the passive
thermal control device adopts a controllable
heat pipe, and the active thermal control device adopts a temperature sensor and a controller to control a heater. In a
stratosphere low-temperature environment or a
system starting stage, the controllable
heat pipe is actively closed, and meanwhile, the heater performs directional heating on a communication load, especially a key area of a
printed circuit board (PCB), so that heat preservation and rapid temperature rise are realized; and in the high-power-consumption operation stage, the heater stops working, the controllable
heat pipe is started, passive heat dissipation is completed, and formation of local hot spots is effectively restrained. A
mutual exclusion cooperation mechanism is formed through on-off of the controllable heat
pipe and starting and stopping of the heater, heat is not guided out during heating, an extra heat source is not introduced during heat dissipation, the problem that heating and heat dissipation interfere with each other in a traditional scheme is avoided, energy waste is avoided, accurate
heat management of communication loads is achieved, and reliability is high.