Evaluation of a sodium/Hastelloy-X heat pipe for wing leading edge cooling

Conference · Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:485009

Merrigan, M A; Sena, J T ^[1]; Glass, D E ^[2]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
2. Analytical Services and Materials, Hampton, VA (United States)

This report covers assembly of a sodium heat pipe, testing to verify performance during start-up and under steady-state conditions with stagnation point heat loads to about 80 W/cm{sup 2}, performance analysis and evaluation. Evaluation of this leading edge cooling concept is offered and recommendations for further research discussed.

• OSTI ID: 485009
• Report Number(s): CONF-960815-; TRN: IM9727%%177
• Resource Relation: Conference: 31. national heat transfer conference, Houston, TX (United States), 3-6 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Heat transfer -- Houston 1996; El-Genk, M.S. [ed.] [Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)]; PB: 385 p.; AIChE symposium series, Number 310, Volume 92
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
HEAT PIPES
RESPONSE FUNCTIONS
SODIUM
HASTELLOY X
PERFORMANCE TESTING
FABRICATION
START-UP
OPERATION
COOLING SYSTEMS
HYPERSONIC FLOW
AIRCRAFT