Heat pipes with headers and single and two phase artery systems
Abstract
An artery and header system for use in heat pipes is described and the thermal/hydraulic design procedures developed. The artery system is simple, robust, and self-priming without the use of capillary arteries. Operation with single and two-phases fluids in the artery, when acting against gravity, is discussed. When in this orientation the axial load can exceed that in the horizontal plane and be more than ten-fold the unit without an artery.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- July 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978STIN...7927473C
- Keywords:
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- Arteries;
- Capillary Flow;
- Heat Pipes;
- Heat Transfer;
- Hermetic Seals;
- Thermal Resistance;
- Two Phase Flow;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer