Heat pipe with capillary wick

A heat pipe includes a cylinder-shaped casing containing a working fluid therein and a capillary wick arranged on an inner wall of the casing. The capillary wick encloses a vapor passage in a center of the casing. The capillary wick includes a plurality of shaped foils stacked on the inner wall of t...

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Main Authors Hou, Chuen-Shu, Liu, Tay-Jian, Tung, Chao-Nien, Sun, Chih-Hsien
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 11.01.2011
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Summary:A heat pipe includes a cylinder-shaped casing containing a working fluid therein and a capillary wick arranged on an inner wall of the casing. The capillary wick encloses a vapor passage in a center of the casing. The capillary wick includes a plurality of shaped foils stacked on the inner wall of the casing along a radial direction thereof. The foils are sintered to the inner wall of the casing and define a multi-channel structure for the working fluid to flow from a condensing section to an evaporating section of the heat pipe.