公开(公告)号：US20220139581A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17084440

申请日：2020-10-29

Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC

Inventor： Abdul R. DULLOO ,  Alex LEVINSKY ,  Richard F. WRIGHT

IPC: G21C15/257 ,  F28D15/04

Abstract: A heat pipe configured to remove heat from a nuclear reactor core is disclosed herein. The heat pipe can include an inner housing defining an inner volume configured to accommodate a heat source and an outer housing configured about the inner housing and the heat source. A wick can be positioned between at least a portion of the inner housing and at least a portion of the outer housing, wherein the wick can include a capillary material, and wherein the wick can define an intermediate volume between the inner housing and the outer housing. A working fluid can be positioned within the intermediate volume, wherein the working fluid can evaporate at a first end of the heat pipe and condense at a second end of the heat pipe adjacent to a heat exchanger, and wherein the wick can return condensed working fluid to the first end of the heat pipe.