Heat pipe

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High efficiency heat exchanger

Abstract: A high efficiency deployable heat radiator system for radiating heat generated at a source of heat aboard an orbiting spacecraft or like vehicle is described which comprises a first subsystem for circulating liquid heat exchange medium into heat exchange relationship with the heat source and for conducting vaporous medium generated at the heat source to a manifold; one or more interconnected movable radiator panels each including a pair of spaced wall members defining heat radiating surfaces; a plurality of heat pipes each having an elongated condenser end disposed between wall members of the radiator panels and in heat exchange relationship with the heat radiating surfaces; a manifold for conducting vaporous medium from the source into heat exchange contact with the evaporator ends of the heat pipes; an interface structure interconnecting the evaporator end of each heat pipe with the manifold and including a tubular member enclosing each evaporator end for conducting vaporous heat exchange medium into contact with the evaporator end and conducting condensed heat exchange medium back toward the source of heat; and wherein each heat pipe includes a flexible portion between the interface structure and the first panel and between panels so that the panels may be selectively moved between folded and deployed positions. The evaporator ends of the heat pipes and the inner surface of the tubular members of the interface structure are preferably grooved to promote heat exchange at the evaporator ends of the heat pipes.

Coupled, flux transformer heat pipes

Abstract: A heat pipe includes a heat input end including an evaporator an adiabatic section and an output end including a condenser, with the evaporator and the condenser joined by a hollow adiabatic section containing a wicking material and a coolant, a heat pipe including a plurality of heat pipe stages connected in cascade with the condenser of the preceding stage secured to the evaporator of the succeeding stage each of the stages having a larger internal cross-sectional area at the condenser than at the evaporator. The stages of heat pipes are interconnected to form an integral part of a unitary heat pipe, with the condenser and the evaporator screwed together, or individual heat pipes are interconnected by sleeves of variable lengths screwed one into the other. A heat pipe can be composed of flexible material, and more particularly the heat pipe is connected to the box containing the device as a heat sink. The heat pipes can increase in diameter in steps stage by stage; or the heat pipes increase in diameter linearly stage by stage and linearly within a stage.

Temperature regulating container

Abstract: A temperature regulating container with a heater and a metal block in which test tubes with test samples are therein inserted and kept isothermally provides a plurality of heat pipes embedded in the metal block and extended to the heater section located at bottom of the metal block uniformally maintain the temperature in the metal block. Heat tubes are further extended downwardly to a cooling chamber provided at the bottom of heater such that when a cooling medium, water or air flows in the cooling chamber, the metal block is cooled respondingly provide accurate cooling of test samples in test tubes according to a desired program.

Fabrication of star grooves and rhombus grooves micro heat pipe

Abstract: With the development of miniaturized and high power electronic devices in recent years, electronic heat dissipating apparatus has become important. The concept of micro heat pipe (MHP) was first proposed in 1984 with the application background of electronic cooling. Since that time, numerous theoretical analyses and experimental tests were proposed, and the cross section of the MHP is either rectangular or triangular. But the capillarity of these grooves is low and restricts heat transfer limitation. In this study, star grooves MHP and rhombus grooves MHP were fabricated. Heat transfer performance of the MHP was enhanced due to better capillarity provided by more acute angles and micro gaps. Star grooves MHP and rhombus grooves MHP were fabricated by bulk micro machining on 4 inch (100) silicon wafers. Finally, the MHP structure was bonded by employing eutectic bonding technique. Testing has been conducted to evaluate the performance over a range of working fluid volumes and heat fluxes. We glue the heater on the evaporator section of the heat pipe, infuse cold water through a copper pipe in the condenser section and paste K-type thermocouples on the MHP in the direction of the length. Then we join the thermocouples to a data acquisition system and adopt Fourier's law to calculate effective thermal conductivity. The best thermal conductivities of star grooves MHP and rhombus grooves MHP are 277.9 W m−1K−1 and 289.4 W m−1K−1, respectively.