Study on Capiliary Characteristics of Stainless Steel Wire Mesh Wick of Alkali Metal Heat Pipe

Autor: Yiru Zhu, Luteng Zhang, Zhiguo Xi, Zaiyong Ma, Wan Sun, Longxiang Zhu, Liangming Pan
Rok vydání: 2023
Zdroj: Springer Proceedings in Physics ISBN: 9789819910229
Popis: The capillary characteristics of the wicks are of great significance to the normal operation of the heat pipe,and this study carried out the wick experiment of vertical reel stainless steel wire mesh in liquid sodium working medium and the visual observation experiment of sodium film in the wire mesh wick. The experimental results show that when the temperature of liquid sodium is about 400 ℃, the capillary phenomenon of stainless steel wire mesh occurs more obviously, and after 450 ℃, the evaporation of sodium is gradually obvious and accompanied by the mass fluctuation of the wire mesh wick. The visual observation experiment of sodium liquid film in the wire mesh found that the wetting and transition point of sodium on the surface of the stainless steel wire mesh was about 410 ℃, which was a good verification of the occurrence of the more obvious capillary phenomenon of the wick at about 400 ℃.
Databáze: OpenAIRE