Functionality, Advancements and Industrial Applications of Heat Pipes introduces heat pipe technologies and highlights a variety of applications for passive thermal control. The book begins with a thorough analysis of heat pipe infrastructure, including principles of operation, temperature limits, reliability and lessons learned from worked examples and case studies. It also presents a concise design guideline for the assembly of heat pipes. The second part moves on to consider a variety of modern day applications for the heat pipe principles discussed, covering nuclear and solar thermal energy engineering facilities as well as applications in space, in the sea and in the air.
A final section works through manufacturing elements of different types of heat pipe to ensure they are well maintained and remain fully operational. This section includes the cleaning of parts, the assembly of the heat pipe, an analysis of gas blockages and how to deal with them, as well as performance versification.
1. 2.1. Introduction - p. 48 2. 2.2. Overview industrial application of heat pipes - p. 51 3. 2.3. Energy-dependent boundary equations - p. 58 4. 2.4. Heat pipe in space - p. 61 5. 2.5. Space shuttle orbiter heat pipe applications - p. 104 6. 2.6. Heat pipe in electronics - p. 107 7. 2.7. Heat pipe in defense and avionics - p. 113 8. 2.8. Heat pipe as heat exchanger - p. 118 9. 2.9. Heat pipe in residential building - p. 121 10. 2.10. Heat pipe applications in thermal energy storage systems - p. 123 11. 2.11. Passive thermal technical discipline lead (TDL) for luna lander - p. 153 12. 2.12. Heat pipe driving home energy system - p. 159 13. 2.13. Heat pipe driving heat exchangers and heat pumps - p. 165 14. 2.14. Gas turbine engines and the automotive industry - p. 166 15. 2.15. Heat pipes driving production tools - p. 169 16. 2.16. Medicine and human body temperature control via heat pipe - p. 169 17. 2.17. Heat pipes driving ovens and furnaces - p. 171 18. 2.18. Heat pipes driving Permafrost Stabilization - p. 172 19. 2.19. Heat pipes driving transportation systems and deicing - p. 173 20. Chapter 3. Different types of heat pipes - p. 183 21. Chapter 4. Heat pipe manufacturing - p. 239 22. Chapter 5. Heat pipe heat exchanger opportunities and industrial applications - p. 275 23. Chapter 6. Thermosyphon and heat pipe applications - p. 307 24. Chapter 7. Thermodynamic analysis of thermosyphon - p. 345 25. Chapter 8. Thermosyphon & heat pipe dimensionless numbers in boiling fluid flow - p. 355 26. Index - p. 365
Functionality, Advancements and Industrial Applications of Heat Pipes introduces heat pipe technologies and highlights a variety of applications for passive thermal control. The book begins with a thorough analysis of heat pipe infrastructure, including principles of operation, temperature limits, reliability and lessons learned from worked examples and case studies. It also presents a concise design guideline for the assembly of heat pipes. The second part moves on to consider a variety of modern day applications for the heat pipe principles discussed, covering nuclear and solar thermal energy engineering facilities as well as applications in space, in the sea and in the air.
A final section works through manufacturing elements of different types of heat pipe to ensure they are well maintained and remain fully operational. This section includes the cleaning of parts, the assembly of the heat pipe, an analysis of gas blockages and how to deal with them, as well as performance versification.
1. 2.1. Introduction - p. 48 2. 2.2. Overview industrial application of heat pipes - p. 51 3. 2.3. Energy-dependent boundary equations - p. 58 4. 2.4. Heat pipe in space - p. 61 5. 2.5. Space shuttle orbiter heat pipe applications - p. 104 6. 2.6. Heat pipe in electronics - p. 107 7. 2.7. Heat pipe in defense and avionics - p. 113 8. 2.8. Heat pipe as heat exchanger - p. 118 9. 2.9. Heat pipe in residential building - p. 121 10. 2.10. Heat pipe applications in thermal energy storage systems - p. 123 11. 2.11. Passive thermal technical discipline lead (TDL) for luna lander - p. 153 12. 2.12. Heat pipe driving home energy system - p. 159 13. 2.13. Heat pipe driving heat exchangers and heat pumps - p. 165 14. 2.14. Gas turbine engines and the automotive industry - p. 166 15. 2.15. Heat pipes driving production tools - p. 169 16. 2.16. Medicine and human body temperature control via heat pipe - p. 169 17. 2.17. Heat pipes driving ovens and furnaces - p. 171 18. 2.18. Heat pipes driving Permafrost Stabilization - p. 172 19. 2.19. Heat pipes driving transportation systems and deicing - p. 173 20. Chapter 3. Different types of heat pipes - p. 183 21. Chapter 4. Heat pipe manufacturing - p. 239 22. Chapter 5. Heat pipe heat exchanger opportunities and industrial applications - p. 275 23. Chapter 6. Thermosyphon and heat pipe applications - p. 307 24. Chapter 7. Thermodynamic analysis of thermosyphon - p. 345 25. Chapter 8. Thermosyphon & heat pipe dimensionless numbers in boiling fluid flow - p. 355 26. Index - p. 365
