Structural heat conductivity of fiber metal wicks for heat pipes
Abstract
The effective heat conductivity in direction normal to the fiber plane was determined by a stationary comparison technique for sintered monodisperse wicks prepared of copper, nickel, stainless steel, and Nichrome fibers measuring 20, 30, 40, 50, and 70 microns in diameter. The conductivity is studied as a function of the fiber material, the porosity (ranging from 20 to 96%), and the fiber diameter.
- Publication:
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Inzhenerno Fizicheskii Zhurnal
- Pub Date:
- October 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976InFiZ..31..581S
- Keywords:
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- Heat Pipes;
- Metal Fibers;
- Thermal Conductivity;
- Wicks;
- Copper;
- Nichrome (Trademark);
- Nickel;
- Porosity;
- Steels;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer