Applications of Heat Pipesfor

ME5390Dr. Lee

2/7/2017

Heat Pipes

Thermal solution integration for desktop and servers (Mochizuki et al. 2006)

Remote heat exchanger using a heat pipe embedded in a block for a laptop computer

Heat Pipes

Solar house which has an energy collection mechanism (Gi and Maezawa, 2006)

Thermal energy storage system (Faghri, 1990 and 1991)

Heat Pipes

Waste heat recovery using heat pipe heat exchangers

Experimental thermosiphon Rankine engine (Nguyen et al., 1992)

Heat Pipes

Models of cold weather handware with heat pipes (Faghri et al. 1989)

Heat Pipes

Groove wick

Powder wickMesh wick

Heat Pipes

Electrosurgery to cauterize, cut, or coagulate tissue

During this surgery, the tissue being treated tends to stick to the electrode, resulting in various complications. First, the tissue stuck to the electrode has a high resistance that hinders delivery of power to the tissue. While performing a procedure, a surgeon must periodically remove the device from the patient and clean it before continuing. Due to tissue’s adhering to the electrode, when the electrode is removed, the portion of the tissue adhering to the electrode is torn away, resulting in bleeding. Therefore, cooling of the surgical site during electro-surgery is highly desirable. To achieve this, a heat pipe is introduced to maintain a constant temperature of 80°C at the electrode-tissue interface when the electrosurgical device is used

Heat Pipes

Heat pipe for drilling applications

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