The invention discloses a through-hole
metal foam
heat pipe heat exchanger with gradually-changed appearance characteristics and belongs to the technical field of rigid
heat transfer bodies. The
heat exchanger comprises a
heat pipe and through-hole
metal foam, wherein the through-hole
metal foam is arranged on the inner wall of the
heat pipe in a
sintering mode, a heat insulation segment is arranged on the outer layer of the middle of the heat
pipe, the two ends of the heat
pipe serve as a cold end and a hot end respectively, and the cold end and the hot end are arranged in a heat exchange environment. The through-hole
metal foam is structurally characterized in that internal through holes are of a structure with the density gradually changed; namely, if the
porosity is not changed, the hole density is gradually increased or decreased in the vertical direction of the wall of the heat
pipe, or if the hole density is not changed, the
porosity is gradually increased or decreased in the vertical direction of the wall of the heat pipe, or if neither the hole density nor the
porosity is changed, adopted materials are gradually changed layer by layer. By means of the
heat exchanger, the heat exchange specific area is enlarged, flow and heat exchange of liquid gradually expanded under heat are facilitated, capillary force is increased, the heat pipe has higher heat exchange efficiency under the condition that the heat exchange effect is not affected, the consumption of metal materials is smaller, and the size is smaller.