Manufacture of a biporous nickel wick and its effect on LHP heat transfer performance enhancement

作者:Wu S C*; Hsieh B H; Wang D; Chen Y M
来源:Heat and Mass Transfer, 2015, 51(11): 1549-1558.
DOI:10.1007/s00231-015-1503-9

摘要

This work describes a mixed powder sintering method that uses polymer as sacrificial substance to manufacture wicks for LHPs to improve the heat transfer performance of a conventional monoporous wick during high heat flux in LHP. The proposed porous manufacturing method is simple, efficient, structurally sound, and easily managed. Compared to findings in literatures for LHPs with monoporous wicks, the heat transfer performance of the proposed method is enhanced by nearly 80 %.