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Transverse flow edge heat pipe

  • US 4,671,348 A
  • Filed: 05/21/1985
  • Issued: 06/09/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A leading edge heat pipe for a flight vehicle comprising:

  • a closed tube;

    a working fluid enclosed in said tube and existing as both a liquid and a vapor;

    said tube having a warm region and a cool region, said warm region being warm relative to said cool region, and both said warm region and said cool region continuing for the longitudinal length of said closed tube;

    capillary material contained in said tube for conveying said liquid from said cool region to said warm region;

    a warm lateral tube wall included in said warm region and a cool lateral tube wall included in said cool region;

    secondary heat transfer means for transferring heat away from said cool lateral tube wall; and

    said warm lateral tube wall forming a leading edge on a flight vehicle.

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