Capillary heat loop technology: Space applications and recent Canadian activities

Steady-state modeling and analysis of a loop heat pipe under gravity-assisted operation

“…Their high pumping capability and superior heat transport performance have been traditionally utilized to address the thermal-management problems of spacecraft, and were successfully applied in many space tasks [3][4][5][6][7]. More recently, its application has been extended to terrestrial surroundings such as in electronics cooling [8][9][10] and thermal-management systems for aircraft and submarines [11][12][13][14].…”

Mathematical modeling of steady-state operation of a loop heat pipe

“…They have been widely used in the spacecraft thermal control system [2,3], and have extensive application promises for aircraft thermal management [4,5] and electronics system cooling [6][7][8][9][10].…”

Development of cryogenic loop heat pipes: A review and comparative analysis

“…[ref [ The first space flight experiment was conducted in 1989 aboard the Russian spacecraft "Gorizont", which demonstrated the serviceability of LHP in reduced gravity conditions [1]. Since their initial conceptualization, these devices have attracted considerable interests from researchers worldwide including USA, Canada, China, Japan, Brazil, French and Australia to develop better space thermal control systems Both experimental and theoretical work have been conducted, which confirmed that LHPs poesessed good self-startup capability, excellent heat transfer performance and strong antigravity capability [3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. To date, more than one hundred LHPs with cylindrical evaporators have been applied in the thermal control systems of many spacecraft, and the number still keeps increasing.…”