摘要 |
Heat energy is removed from the reservoir (10) of a Loop Heat Pipe (LHP) and is transferred directly into a concentrated area of the evaporator (20) of the LHP. A Peltier cell (100) cools the reservoir (10) and couples the heat energy via a heat pipe (120) to act as a heat load concentrated on a localized portion (160) of the evaporator wick. This promotes vaporization on the surface of the evaporator wick and creates a temperature differential across the evaporator wick. This provides a reliable way to initiate steady state heat transfer operation of the LHP. |