Abstract:
A performance testing apparatus for a heat pipe includes a heating set, a cooling set, and a supporting set supporting the heating set and the cooling set thereon. Position and orientation of the heating and cooling sets on the supporting set are adjustable. The heating set includes a first immovable portion and a first movable portion cooperatively defining a first channel therebetween for receiving an evaporating section of the heat pipe. A temperature sensor is exposed to the first channel for detecting temperature of the evaporating section. A cooling set includes a second immovable portion and a second movable portion cooperatively defining a second channel therebetween for receiving a condensing section of the heat pipe. A temperature sensor is exposed to the second channel for detecting temperature of the condensing section of the heat pipe.
Abstract:
A performance testing apparatus for a heat pipe includes an immovable portion having a cooling structure defined therein for cooling the heat pipe requiring test. A movable portion is capable of moving relative to the immovable portion and has a cooling structure defined therein for cooling the heat pipe. A receiving structure is located between the immovable portion and the movable portion for receiving the heat pipe therein. A positioning structure extends from at least one of the immovable portion and the movable portion for avoiding the movable portion from deviating from the immovable portion during movement of the movable portion relative the immovable portion to ensure the receiving structure being capable of precisely receiving the heat pipe. At least a temperature sensor is attached to at least one of the immovable portion and the movable portion for detecting temperature of the heat pipe.
Abstract:
A performance testing apparatus for a heat pipe includes an immovable portion having a cooling structure defined therein for cooling a heat pipe needing to be tested. A movable portion is capable of moving relative to the immovable portion. A receiving structure is defined between the immovable portion and the movable portion for receiving the heat pipe therein. At least a temperature sensor is attached to at least one of the immovable portion and the movable portion. The least a temperature sensor has a detecting section exposed in the receiving structure for thermally contacting the heat pipe in the receiving structure to detect a temperature of the heat pipe.
Abstract:
A performance testing apparatus for a heat pipe includes an immovable portion and a movable portion each having a heating member located therein for heating an evaporating section of the heat pipe. The movable portion is capable of moving relative to the immovable portion. A receiving structure is defined between the immovable portion and the movable portion for receiving the evaporating section therein. A positioning structure extends from the immovable portion toward the movable portion to ensure the receiving structure being capable of precisely receiving the heat pipe. Temperature sensors are attached to the immovable and movable portions for detecting temperature of the heat pipe. An enclosure encloses the immovable portion and the movable portions therein, and defines a space therein for movement of the movable portion relative to the immovable portion.
Abstract:
A performance testing apparatus for a heat pipe includes an immovable portion having a heating member located therein for heating an evaporating section of the heat pipe requiring test. A movable portion is capable of moving relative to the immovable portion. A receiving structure is defined between the immovable portion and the movable portion for receiving the evaporating section of the heat pipe therein. At least one temperature sensor is attached to at least one of the immovable portion and the movable portion to detect the temperature of the evaporating section of the heat pipe. An enclosure encloses the immovable portion and the movable portion therein and has sidewalls thereof slidably contacting at least one of the immovable portion and the movable portion.
Abstract:
A performance testing apparatus for a heat pipe includes an immovable portion having a cooling structure defined therein for cooling the heat pipe. A movable portion is capable of moving relative to the immovable portion. A receiving structure is defined between the immovable portion and the movable portion for receiving the heat pipe therein. A concavo-convex cooperating structure is defined in the immovable portion and the movable portion for ensuring the receiving structure being capable of precisely receiving the heat pipe. Temperature sensors are attached to the immovable portion and the movable portion to detect a temperature of the heat pipe. An enclosure encloses the immovable portion and the movable portions therein to provide a thermally stable environment for the heat pipe during test.
Abstract:
The heat transfer tube of the present invention is provided in an inner surface thereof with a plurality of main grooves and a plurality of narrow grooves. The main grooves have rectangular shaped cross sections, parallel to one another, and extend at an angle to the longitudinal direction of the heat transfer tube. The narrow grooves are formed parallel to one another, extend independently of the main grooves. Each of the narrow grooves has a bottom face and a pair of side faces, the side faces are inclined closely toward the bottom face, and each of the side faces and a part of the bottom face form sharp cuts.
Abstract:
A heat-pipe system of the two-phase fluid loop type comprising a liquid duct as a main loop for circulating a working fluid in liquid phase by a pump, an evaporator having a first capillary structure to which the working fluid is supplied from high pressure side of the main loop, a condenser having a second capillary structure for returning liquid condensate to the low pressure side of the man loop after radiating heat in the condenser, and a bypass pipe connected between the evaporator and the radiator for transporting vapor evaporated in the evaporator through its capillary structure to the second capillary of the condenser. With this construction, since the working fluid is circulated by the pump while the supply of the liquid corresponding to that evaporated in the capillary structure of the evaporator is carried out by the capillary force in the evaporator, a large amount of heat can be transported over long distances. A method of and apparatus for controlling a flow rate of a working fluid in a liquid duct of the heat-pipe system is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A heat-transfer material includes a tubular body made of a metal. The body includes on an inner surface thereof a porous electroplated layer having re-entrant cavities. A heat transfer material is produced by: preparing a body of a metal serving as a cathode and forming a hydrophobic film on a surface of the body; subsequently keeping the surface of the body and an anode in contact with a plating aqueous solution; and subsequently applying a direct electrical potential betwee the anode and the cathode to cause plating current to flow through the plating solution to lay deposits of plating metal on the surface of the body and laying a number of particulate bubbles on the hydrophobic film on the surface of the body so that the bubbles are enveloped by the metal deposits to form on the surface of the body a porous plated layer having re-entrant cavities.
Abstract:
A heat exchanger includes a porous cylindrical sleeve with a bore into which liquid coolant is admitted. The liquid permeates the sleeve but cannot leave the outer surface. A pipe surrounds the sleeve. The pipe has a cylindrical outer surface and an inner surface defining protrusions and vapor channels about the protrusions. The inner ends of the protrusions bear against the outer surface of the sleeve. A plurality of helical channels are helically arranged about and in thermal contact with the outer surface of the pipe. The ends of the helical channels are coupled to plenums. Each plenum is coupled by a pipe and a fluid disconnect to one end of a thermal loop including a heat source. Heat-laden vapor passes through the helical channels and is cooled to liquid. The heat is withdrawn into the pipe and passes through the protuberances to vaporize the liquid near the surface of the porous sleeve. The resulting vapor is collected and coupled to a condenser.