Abstract
Excellent ultra-thin heat pipes (UTHP) require a wick with high capillary force (ΔPc) and a good permeability performance (K). In this work, a copper powder-fiber composite wick was fabricated by sintering of the copper powder and fiber mixture. Effects of the copper powder particle size, copper powder volume ratio, as well as the super-hydrophilic treatment were investigated, and the results indicate that the copper powder volume ratio is the most significant factor by orthogonal experiments. Moreover, sensitivity analysis shows that super-hydrophilic treatment contributes the lower capillary force and higher permeability, except when copper powder particle size is high to 80 mesh and powder ratio is low to 20%. Interestingly, the overall capillary performance (ΔPc·K) of the super-hydrophilic treated wicks is significantly improved. Besides, for the super-hydrophilic treated wicks, both the smaller copper powder particle size and volume ratio contribute the higher permeability and better comprehensive performance, even though a worse capillary force.
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