AUTONOMOUS HEAT CONDUCTOR,

Abstract

The possibility is examined of creation of a new local autonomous heat conductor for intense transmission of heat from a thermal source to a thermal receiver at a great distance. The heat conductor consists of two series-connected thermal resistors between thermal source and drain: a long hollow rod filled with an electrically conductive heat-transfer agent, and a short electricity generating thermal resistor, for example, a layer of thermoelectric semiconductor material. The generated thermoelectric currents pass through the heat-transfer agent, and their interaction among themselves or with an external magnetic field ensures directed circulation of the heat-transfer agent in the closed cavity of the heat conductor. It is shown that if the parameter of required heat transfer - the difference of temperatures between thermal source and receiver, referred to the root of the relative length of the heat conductor in diameters - is larger than one degree, the autonomous heat conductor provides higher intensity of heat transfer than the conductive type, employing copper or other rods. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 17, 1969
Accession Number
AD0703368

Entities

People

  • A. Kh. Cherikasskii

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Diameters
  • Electricity
  • Electronics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Intensity
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Resistors
  • Semiconductors
  • Solid State Electronics
  • Transport Ships

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Solar Photovoltaics and Thermoelectric Devices.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics