NASA NTRS · 19890000558
Ceramic Wick For Capillary-Pumped Heat Pipe
Abstract
Fibrous ceramic wick allows choice of working fluid and high-temperature fabrication and/or operation. Wick material resists degradation at temperatures from -195 to +1,500 degrees C. Liquid refrigerant fills bore of silica/alumina wick. After flowing by capillary action through pores of wick, refrigerant evaporates from finned outer surface of wick and enters heat pipe, flowing toward condenser section.
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Seidenberg, Benjamin, Swanson, Theodore. 1989-11-01. Ceramic Wick For Capillary-Pumped Heat Pipe. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19890000558
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