Heat transfer of a remote heat source using a loop heat pipe
US7363960B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 30, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 1, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28D15/0266
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Heat transfer systems and methods 30 for use on a spacecraft that use a loop heat pipe to transfer heat from a remotely located heat source to a thermal radiator or other heat dissipating apparatus. The loop heat pipe is a two phase heat transfer device that has an evaporator coupled to the heat source and a condenser coupled to the thermal radiator or other heat dissipating apparatus. The loop heat pipe comprises thin walled tubing to connect the evaporator and condenser. The thin walled tubing allows the loop heat pipe to be flexible. This flexibility offers significant advantages in terms of routing and accommodating design
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