公开(公告)号：EP0201546A4

公开(公告)日：1987-03-16

申请号：EP85905563

申请日：1985-10-22

申请人： UNIV FLORIDA

发明人： KURZWEG ULRICH H

IPC分类号： F03G7/00 ,  F25B9/14 ,  F28D15/00 ,  F28F13/10 ,  G21C15/257

CPC分类号： F25B9/145 ,  F03G7/002 ,  F25B2309/1413 ,  F25B2309/1417 ,  F25B2309/1419 ,  F25B2309/1426 ,  F28D15/00 ,  F28F13/10 ,  G21C15/257 ,  Y02E30/35

摘要： A device for the transport of large conduction heat flux between two locations of differing temperature includes a pair of fluid reservoirs (12, 14) for positioning at the respective locations connected by at least one duct (24), and preferably a plurality of ducts (24), having walls of a material which conducts heat. A heat transfer fluid, preferably a liquid, and preferably a liquid metal such as mercury, lithium or sodium, fills both reservoirs and the connecting ducts. An oscillatory axial movement or flow of working fluid is established within the ducts, with the extent of fluid movement being less than the duct length. Preferably the oscillatory movement is sinusoidal. Heat is transferred radially between the fluid and the duct walls and thence axially along the ducts. The rate of heat transfer is greatly enhanced by a physical mechanism which may be described as a high time-dependent radial temperature gradient produced by fluid oscillations. During most of each sinusoidal cycle, fluid in wall-near region has a temperature different from the core of the fluid column, with most of the temperature difference concentrated across a relatively thin boundary layer.