Title:
FLEXIBLE INSERT FOR PROTECTING HEAT PIPE AGAINST FREEZING
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3051687
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new structure for preventing a damage of a heat pipe caused by freezing of working fluid within a heat pipe type heat exchanger.
SOLUTION: A flexible insert 22 for use in preventing a heat pipe from being damaged by freezing of working fluid 20 is arranged at a high temperature side 16 of the heat pipe 10. Working fluid 20 and in general a small amount of the same liquid 26 are filled within the insert 22, inert gas 28 is filled in a residual section within the insert 22 and an inner pressure of the insert 22 is set to be higher than a pressure of the residual volumetric section of the heat pipe 10.
Inventors:
Stuart Eugene Reed
Robert W. Tillman
Harold Walter Waale
Robert W. Tillman
Harold Walter Waale
Application Number:
JP35637396A
Publication Date:
June 12, 2000
Filing Date:
December 26, 1996
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Hudson Products Corporation
International Classes:
F28D15/02; F28F19/00; (IPC1-7): F28D15/02; F28D15/02
Domestic Patent References:
| JP5578734A | ||||
| JP63159662U | ||||
| JP6251829B2 | ||||
| JP5930362Y2 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Motohiro Kurauchi (1 outside)