Heat pipe wick with structural enhancement
Abstract
Heat pipe wick structure wherein a stout sheet of perforated material overlays a high performance wick material such as stainless steel felt affixed to a substrate. The inventive structure provides a good flow path for working fluid while maintaining durability and structural stability independent of the structure (or lack of structure) associated with the wick material. In one described embodiment, a wick of randomly laid .about.8 micron thickness stainless steel fibers is sintered to a metal substrate and a perforated metal overlay.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1174582
- Patent Number(s):
- 6648063
- Application Number:
- 09/547,966
- Assignee:
- Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-96AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Andraka, Charles E., Adkins, Douglas R., Moreno, James B., Rawlinson, K. Scott, Showalter, Steven K., and Moss, Timothy A. Heat pipe wick with structural enhancement. United States: N. p., 2003.
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Andraka, Charles E., Adkins, Douglas R., Moreno, James B., Rawlinson, K. Scott, Showalter, Steven K., & Moss, Timothy A. Heat pipe wick with structural enhancement. United States.
Andraka, Charles E., Adkins, Douglas R., Moreno, James B., Rawlinson, K. Scott, Showalter, Steven K., and Moss, Timothy A. Tue .
"Heat pipe wick with structural enhancement". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1174582.
@article{osti_1174582,
title = {Heat pipe wick with structural enhancement},
author = {Andraka, Charles E. and Adkins, Douglas R. and Moreno, James B. and Rawlinson, K. Scott and Showalter, Steven K. and Moss, Timothy A.},
abstractNote = {Heat pipe wick structure wherein a stout sheet of perforated material overlays a high performance wick material such as stainless steel felt affixed to a substrate. The inventive structure provides a good flow path for working fluid while maintaining durability and structural stability independent of the structure (or lack of structure) associated with the wick material. In one described embodiment, a wick of randomly laid .about.8 micron thickness stainless steel fibers is sintered to a metal substrate and a perforated metal overlay.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 18 00:00:00 EST 2003},
month = {Tue Nov 18 00:00:00 EST 2003}
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