Off-axis cooling of rotating devices using a crank-shaped heat pipe

Title: Off-axis cooling of rotating devices using a crank-shaped heat pipe

Abstract

The present invention is a crank-shaped heat pipe for cooling rotating machinery and a corresponding method of manufacture. The crank-shaped heat pipe comprises a sealed cylindrical tube with an enclosed inner wick structure. The crank-shaped heat pipe includes a condenser section, an adiabatic section, and an evaporator section. The crank-shape is defined by a first curve and a second curve existing in the evaporator section or the adiabatic section of the heat pipe. A working fluid within the heat pipe provides the heat transfer mechanism.

Inventors:: Jankowski, Todd A.; Prenger, F. Coyne; Waynert, Joseph A.

Publication Date:: 2007-01-30

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1176085

Patent Number(s):: 7,168,480

Application Number:: 10/835,897

Assignee:: Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-36

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING

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Viscous potential flow analysis of Kelvin–Helmholtz instability in a channel journal, October 2001

Viscous potential flow analysis of Kelvin–Helmholtz instability in a channel
journal, October 2001