Engineering topics
Publications and source records attributed to Eastman, G. Y..
Sintered titanium offers several advantages over sintered aluminum as material for heat-pipe wicks. Titanium both strong and light. Thermal conductivity only one-seventh of aluminum, and therefore used when high thermal resistance is needed to prevent boiling of working fluid.
Hotspots eliminated by lining inner wall. Distribution of heat transfer liquid in heat-pipe evaporator improved by lining inner wall with layer of sintered metal. Sintered layer takes place of layer of screen wick formerly sintered or bonded to wall. Since sintered layer always full of liquid, no hotspot of type that previously arose where former screen wick did not fit properly against wall.
Cesium-vapor-filled thermionic energy converter for solar heat application
Cesium-vapor-filled thermionic energy converter design, fabrication, and testing