A Heat Pipe Design for ARIES-ST Center Post
ARIES Electronic Project Meeting
December 4, 1998
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Fig. 3. Limitations of the ARIES-ST Center post Heat Pipe.
- the dominant effect which limits the thermal transport capacity of this heat pipe is the capillary limit.
- the design of an inverted heat pipe (evaporator is at a higher elevation than the condenser) is impractical because of the small surface tension of water.