Modeling of transient heat pipe operation
- Author:
- Colwell, Gene T.
- Published:
- Jul 1, 1987.
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- 1 electronic document
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- The use of heat pipes is being considered as a means of reducing the peak temperature and large thermal gradients at the leading edges of reentry vehicles and hypersonic aircraft and in nuclear reactors. In the basic cooling concept, the heat pipe covers the leading edge, a portion of the lower wing surface, and a portion of the upper wing surface. Aerodynamic heat is mainly absorbed at the leading edge and transported through the heat pipe to the upper and lower wing surface, where it is rejected by thermal radiation and convection. Basic governing equations are written to determine the startup, transient, and steady state performance of a haet pipe which has initially frozen alkali-metal as the working fluid.
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- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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- Document ID: 19870018503.
Accession ID: 87N27936.
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