- MECHANISM FOR MITIGATING HIGH HEAT-FLUX CONDITIONS IN A THERMOSIPHON EVAPORATOR OR CONDENSER

摘要

The present invention provides a thermosiphon system 10 with a thermally conductive matrix material while increasing the surface area to volume ratio for heat conduction in predetermined region(s) of the thermosiphon system and minimizing the capillary forces isolated in these region(s). It relates to systems, apparatus, and methods for augmenting. The thermosiphon system has a tube that includes a condenser region 22 , an evaporator region 24 , and an adiabatic region 26 (eg, the region between the condenser region and the evaporator region). The tube may contain a heat transfer medium and provide passive two-phase transfer of the heat transfer medium between the condenser zone and the evaporator zone according to the thermosiphon principle. The system also includes a thermally conductive matrix material received in the condenser region and/or evaporator region rather than in the adiabatic region such that the thermally conductive matrix material increases the surface area for heat transfer within the condenser region and/or evaporator region.