Statistics – Applications
Scientific paper
Jan 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003aipc..654..589w&link_type=abstract
SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS INT.FORUM-STAIF 2003: Conf.on Thermophysics in Microgravity; Commercial/Civil Next Generation
Statistics
Applications
Heat Engines, Heat Pumps, Heat Pipes
Scientific paper
A scoping thermal analysis was done to generally investigate the thermal-hydraulic feasibility of capillary pumped heat engines. The analysis was motivated by recent advances in nano-scale materials science that have made it increasingly practical to manufacture high porosity wicks with a median pore diameter on the order of a few nanometers. Capillary-pumped heat engines (CPHE) are proposed to operate constructively like a Rankine cycle and to be generally feasible for wick evaporation rates equivalent to about 1 watt per square centimeter assuming wick material thermal conductivity coefficient on the order of a few W/m-K. Novel architecture for a radioisotope driven CPHE is discussed.
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