The monogroove high performance heat pipe
Abstract
The development of the monogroove heat pipe, a fundamentally new high-performance device suitable for multi-kilowatt space radiator heat-rejection systems, is reported. The design separates heat transport and transfer functions, so that each can be separately optimized to yield heat transport capacities on the order of 25 kW/m. Test versions of the device have proven the concept of heat transport capacity control by pore dimensions and the permeability of the circumferential wall wick structure, which together render it insensitive to tilt. All cases tested were for localized, top-side heat input and cooling and produced results close to theoretical predictions.
- Publication:
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AIAA, 16th Thermophysics Conference
- Pub Date:
- June 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981thph.confS....A
- Keywords:
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- Heat Pipes;
- Performance Prediction;
- Spacecraft Radiators;
- Design Analysis;
- Feasibility Analysis;
- Heat Transfer;
- Performance Tests;
- Transfer Functions;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer