FAQs
1) How do heat pipes work?
2) What are some applications for heat pipes?
CPU heat management, Wankel engine cooling, spacecraft heat management, permafrost cooling, cooking, and ventilation heat recovery.
3) Are there any dangers?
Heat pipes are sealed containers with fluid inside. If they are designed improperly there is a risk of explosion when gasses expand from heating. Additionally, depending on the working temperature range, heat pipes may become dangerously hot and present a burn or fire danger.
4) Are they in high demand?
Heat pipes are used in many modern technological applications. They are necessary in many applications that require the transfer of thermal energy from one point to another.
5) How reliable are they?
Once built, heat pipes are extremely reliable and require little to no maintenance. This makes them especially useful in applications where maintenance is difficult to perform such as on a spacecraft heat control system.
References:
[1] C. E. Heuer, “The Application of Heat Pipes on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline,” U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hanover, NH, Special Report 79-26, 1979.
[4] G. M. Grover, “Evaporation-condensation heat transfer device,” U.S. Patent 3 229 759, Jan. 18, 1966.
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