Heat transport apparatus
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1. Apparatus for transporting heat from a heat source comprising:
- a flexible first loop heat pipe having a first evaporator and a first condenser;
a flexible second loop heat pipe having a second evaporator and a second condenser, said second loop in parallel with and fluidically independent from said first loop;
an evaporator saddle having a first bore housing the first evaporator and a second bore housing the second evaporator, said evaporator saddle having a fist substantially flat surface thermally coupling the evaporator saddle to the heat source, the first bore and the second bore are disposed so that a plane bisecting the first bore and the second bore are substantially parallel to the first substantially flat surface of the evaporator saddle;
a condenser saddle having a first bore and a second bore, said condenser saddle having a second substantially flat surface thermally coupling the condenser saddle to a radiator flat surface, a first vapor transport line in fluid communication with the first evaporator;
a second vapor transport line in fluid communication with the second evaporator, a first reservoir in fluid communication with the first evaporator; and
a second reservoir in fluid communication with the second evaporator.
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Abstract
A heat transport apparatus comprises an evaporator saddle having a pair of bores for housing two evaporators. The apparatus also comprises a condenser saddle having a pair of bores defining two condensers. One embodiment comprises a first loop heat pipe having a first condenser in fluid communication with a first evaporator, and a second loop heat pipe having a second condenser in fluid communication with a second evaporator. The two loop heat pipes share a single evaporator saddle and a single condenser saddle. A continuous conductance heat pipe may be placed in contact with either the evaporator saddle or the condenser saddle.
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1. Apparatus for transporting heat from a heat source comprising:
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a flexible first loop heat pipe having a first evaporator and a first condenser;
a flexible second loop heat pipe having a second evaporator and a second condenser, said second loop in parallel with and fluidically independent from said first loop;
an evaporator saddle having a first bore housing the first evaporator and a second bore housing the second evaporator, said evaporator saddle having a fist substantially flat surface thermally coupling the evaporator saddle to the heat source, the first bore and the second bore are disposed so that a plane bisecting the first bore and the second bore are substantially parallel to the first substantially flat surface of the evaporator saddle;
a condenser saddle having a first bore and a second bore, said condenser saddle having a second substantially flat surface thermally coupling the condenser saddle to a radiator flat surface, a first vapor transport line in fluid communication with the first evaporator;
a second vapor transport line in fluid communication with the second evaporator, a first reservoir in fluid communication with the first evaporator; and
a second reservoir in fluid communication with the second evaporator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Apparatus for tansporting heat from a spacecraft having a heat source and a radiator, the apparatus comprising:
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a first loop heat pipe having a first evaporator, a first compensation chamber and a first condenser;
a second loop heat pipe having a second evaporator, a second compensation chamber and a second condenser, said second loop in parallel with and fluidically independent from said first loop;
an evaporator saddle having a first bore housing the first evaporator and a second bore housing the second evaporator, said evaporator saddle having a first substantially flat surface thermally coupling the evaporator saddle to the heat source, the first bore and the second bore are disposed so that a plane bisecting the first bore and the second bore are substantially parallel to the first substantially flat surface of the evaporator saddle, said evaporator saddle comprising four flanges;
a condenser saddle having a first bore and a second bore said condenser having a second substantially flat surface thermally coupling the condenser saddle to a radiator, said condenser saddle comprising two flanges;
a first vapor transport line in fluid communication with the first evaporator;
a second vapor transport line in fluid communication with the second evaporator;
a first reservoir in fluid communication with the first evaporator; and
a second reservoir in fluid communication with the second evaporator. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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