The compatibility of mild carbon steel and water in a heat pipe application
Abstract
The goal of this experimental investigation was to evaluate the compatibility of water and mild steel as the working fluid and vessel material in a heat pipe application. Heat pipes of 1015 CD steel and 304 stainless steel were fabricated and operated at temperatures ranging from 150 C to 300 C for a period of six months. Results showed that mild steel heat pipes had a lower overall thermal resistance than the stainless steel pipes, and that performance recovery occurs at a greater rate in the mild steel pipes when noncondensible gas is generated. It is concluded that water and mild steel are a satisfactory materials combination in heat pipes in the temperature range investigated.
- Publication:
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Advances in Heat Pipe Technology
- Pub Date:
- 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981ahpt.proc..439F
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Steels;
- Gaseous Diffusion;
- Heat Pipes;
- Hydrogen Embrittlement;
- Metal-Water Reactions;
- Performance Tests;
- Compatibility;
- Gas-Metal Interactions;
- Service Life;
- Stainless Steels;
- Temperature Gradients;
- Thermal Resistance;
- Working Fluids;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer