Heat pipe radiator Introduction:
Heat pipe is a very high thermal conductivity of the heat transfer element, invented in 1964 in the United States Los Alamos National Laboratory (LosAlamosNationalLaboratory) and in the last century at the end of the 60's to reach the peak of the theoretical research in the 70's began to be applied to a large number of industrial areas. It passes heat through the vapor and liquid phase change of the work material in the totally enclosed vacuum tube, which has extremely high thermal conductivity, up to hundreds of times of the thermal conductivity of pure copper, and is known as "thermal superconductor". A heatpipe CPU cooler with superior craftsmanship and design will provide a powerful performance that is unmatched by ordinary air-cooled coolers without heatpipes.
The principle of heat pipe cooler
The principle of heat pipe technology is actually very simple, which is to utilize the evaporation and condensation of the working fluid to transfer heat. After vacuuming the inside of the copper tube and filling it with the working fluid, the fluid repeatedly circulates inside with the phase change process of evaporation - condensation, continuously transferring the heat from the hot end to the cool end, thus forming a heat transfer process that transfers heat from one end of the tube to the other.
Generally the heat pipe consists of a tube shell, a suction core and an end cap. The inside of the heat pipe is pumped into a negative pressure state and filled with an appropriate liquid, which has a low boiling point and is easily volatilized. The wall of the tube has an absorbent core, which consists of a capillary porous material. One end of the heat pipe for the evaporation end, the other end for the condensation end, when the heat pipe end of the heat, the capillary tube in the liquid quickly evaporate, the vapor in the small pressure difference flows to the other end, and the release of heat, and re-condensation into a liquid, the liquid and then along the porous material by the action of the capillary force flows back to the evaporation section, and so on more than the cycle of the heat from the heat pipe end to the other end. This cycle is rapid, the heat can be a continuous conduction.
How to choose a heat pipe cooler
Choosing a good cooler is based on the user's CPU reference, which can be generally categorized into three groups of people, one is the average user one is a gamer another is a high-end user. The average user's platform will not be overclocked, and will be used for a long time, for the cooling does not require too many requirements, for gamers for a long time need to be able to cooling ability of a better radiator, for high-end users of a cooler can withstand the overclocking brought about by a very important radiator.
The average user is advised to use a cooler with less than three heatpipes, for gamers choose a cooler with three to four heatpipes which is more suitable, and for high-end users a cooler with more heatpipes can withstand the harsh heat of the CPU. With these you can choose the right cooler product for you.