An investigation of heat-pipe wick characteristics
Abstract
This study states the need for determining such properties of heat pipe wicks as the porosity, depth of capillary pumping and permeability. The results are presented of measuring these employing generally used methods for wicks from glass fiber, fiber glass and brass meshes and the results thus obtained are analyzed.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report A
- Pub Date:
- June 1974
- Bibcode:
- 1974STIA...7512914K
- Keywords:
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- Capillary Flow;
- Glass Fibers;
- Heat Pipes;
- Microporosity;
- Wicks;
- Permeability;
- Porous Materials;
- Thermodynamic Efficiency;
- Wire Cloth;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer