The invention discloses a multi-purpose
heat pipe reactor prototype and belongs to the technical field of reactor experiment devices. The multi-purpose
heat pipe reactor prototype comprises a hexagonal matrix used for simulating a
solid reactor core of a
heat pipe reactor, a plurality of heating rods inserted into the hexagonal matrix and used for simulating a reactor fuel rod bundle, a Stirling
thermoelectric converter used for simulating a dynamic
thermoelectric conversion process, a silent
thermoelectric converter used for simulating a static
thermoelectric conversion process, a plurality of high-temperature
alkali metal heat pipes used for simulating a reactor
core cooling and energy transmission process, and a pressure-bearing protective shell covering the hexagonal matrix, the heating rods, the high-temperature
alkali metal heat pipes, the Stirling
thermoelectric converter and the silent thermoelectric converter. According to the multi-purpose heat
pipe reactor prototype, the feasibility of the multi-purpose heat
pipe reactor
nuclear power technology can be verified, and the prototype can be used for studying the response of the operation characteristics of the heat pipes and the operation characteristics of the energy conversion device when the reactor core power changes, and studying the
coupling characteristics of the reactor core-heat
pipe-energy conversion device.