• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.1630-1637
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• 2002

A slab-wick heat pipe was fabricated and tested for applications where the condenser temperature is in a range of 80 to 12$0^{\circ}C$. The pipe material was 9.53 mm O.D. copper tube and the working fluids were ethanol and water. The total length of the heat pipe was 1.6 m, in which evaporator section was 1.4 m and the condenser was 0.10 m. The slab was a composite wick structure fabricated with STS316 wire screens. Thermal load was varied for a specified fill charge ratio and inclined angle. The optimum fill charge ratio was identified to be 110% based on a theoretical calculation of the pore space in the slab wick of the heat pipe. The maximum thermal load was 120W for ethanol and the same was 200W for water with the condenser temperature of 8$0^{\circ}C$. The thermal performance of the slab wick heat pipe is analysed in terms of temperature characteristics and thermal resistance against thermal load, tilt angle and fill charge ratio.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.18-25
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• 2002

For application to medium temperature solar collerctors $(80\sim120^{\circ}C)$, a heat pipe should be designed properly to efficiently transfer heat to a hotter condenser than common applications. Among many wick structure candidates for heat pipes of this type, a slab wick was selected based on promising performance data reported previously. The thermal performance of slab wick heat pipes, screen wick heat pipes and thermosyphons with enlarged condenser section were experimentally investigated for comparison purpose. The heat pipes were 8.0 mm O.D. (evaporator section) and 25.4 mm O.D. (condenser section) made of copper. The experimental data of the heat pipes were analysed in terms of thermal resistance against thermal load and coolant temperature.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.713-723
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• 1986

본 논문에서는 비금속성 재질(SiO$_{2}$)로 만든 윅의 열전달 특성을 실험적 해석적 방법으로 연구했다. 먼저 비금속 윅을 단독으로만 실험하여 해석해와의 일치 성을 밝히고, 윅의 성능 개선을 위해 결합재의 첨가가 히이트파이프 증발부의 열전달 에 미치는 영향을 ADI해석 해법으로 예측하였다. 따라서 고온용 히이트파이프 뿐만 아니라 ,저온용에서도 비금속윅의 사용을 위한 가치 판단을 하고 비금속성 재질(SiO S12 등)이 윅으로서 넓게 이용 될수 있다는 가능성을 제시하는데 그 목적이 있다.