Method of manufacturing a heat pipe wick with structural enhancement

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 o...

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Hauptverfasser:	MORENO JAMES B, RAWLINSON K. SCOTT, ANDRAKA CHARLES E, SHOWALTER STEVEN K, ADKINS DOUGLAS R, MOSS TIMOTHY A
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BLASTING HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS,IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT HEATING LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL PERFORMING OPERATIONS PUNCHING METAL TRANSPORTING WEAPONS WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS ORPROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
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Zusammenfassung:	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 ~8 micron thickness stainless steel fibers is sintered to a metal substrate and a perforated metal overlay.