Method for measuring temperature of heat pipe

• US 20070237202A1
• Filed: 04/07/2006
• Published: 10/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jaffe Limited
• Original Assignee: Jaffe Limited
• Inventors: Li, Jia-Hao
• Application Number:
  US11/399,330
• Publication Number:
  US 20070237202A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 374/147
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 1/143 for measuring surface temperatures
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 1/16 Special arrangements for conducting heat from the object to the sensitive element

Abstract

A method for measuring the temperature of a heat pipe includes the steps of: firstly preparing a thermal couple wire formed at one end thereof with a temperature-sensing head, pressing the temperature-sensing head on the surface of the heat pipe to be measured, and a proper amount of a fluid medium is filled between the temperature-sensing head and the surface of the heat pipe. The fluid medium can be water, oil or flowable paste having lower viscosity. Due to the cohesion of the fluid medium, it can fill the gap between the temperature-sensing head and the surface of the heat pipe. As a result, the stability of the thermal contact resistance between the point-contact of the temperature-sensing head and the heat pipe is increased due to the filling of the fluid medium. Also, the contact effect is greatly enhanced to reduce the thermal contact resistance.

Claims

1. A method for measuring the temperature of a heat pipe, comprising the steps of:

a) preparing a thermal couple wire, one end of the thermal couple wire formed with a temperature-sensing head;

b) pressing the temperature-sensing head on the surface of the heat pipe to be measured, and a fluid medium having cohesion is filled between the temperature-sensing head and the surface of the heat pipe, thereby to perform the temperature measurement.

2. The method for measuring the temperature of a heat pipe according to claim 1, wherein the temperature-sensing head mentioned in the step a) is formed by welding one bare-wire end of the thermal couple wire to melt, so that the molten end is natually solidified to form into a ball-like head.

3. The method for measuring the temperature of a heat pipe according to claim 1, wherein the temperature-sensing head mentioned in the step a) is formed by covering the bare-wire end of the thermal couple wire with a heat-conducting material.

4. The method for measuring the temperature of a heat pipe according to claim 1, wherein fluid medium mentioned in the step b) is water.

5. The method for measuring the temperature of a heat pipe according to claim 1, wherein fluid medium mentioned in the step b) is oil.

6. The method for measuring the temperature of a heat pipe according to claim 1, wherein fluid medium mentioned in the step b) is flowable paste having lower viscosity.