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7614445 Enhanced heat pipe cooling with MHD fluid flow  
A cooling apparatus includes a heat pipe base covering a heat source; a heat sink with a plurality of heat sink fins; a plurality of heat pipes connecting the heat pipe base and the heat sink; and...
7520917 Devices with extended area structures for mass transfer processing of fluids  
A microchannel device includes several mass transfer microchannels to receive a fluid media for processing at least one heat transfer microchannel in fluid communication with a heat transfer fluid...
7345320 Light emitting apparatus  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for using light emitting diodes for curing and various solid state lighting applications. The method includes a novel method for cooling the...
7286346 Peripheral device and electronic device  
A peripheral device is detachably connected to a host device and includes: an electronic component that generates heat; an electrical connector for electrically connecting the electronic component...
7251889 Manufacture of a heat transfer system  
A method of making an evaporator includes orienting a vapor barrier wall, orienting a liquid barrier wall, and positioning a wick between the vapor barrier wall and the liquid barrier wall. The...
6866092 Two-phase heat-transfer systems  
Various techniques are disclosed for improving airtight two-phase heat-transfer systems employing a fluid to transfer heat from a heat source to a heat sink while circulating around a fluid...
6684941 Reciprocating-mechanism driven heat loop  
A heat transfer device which employs a reciprocating mechanism for driving liquid from the heat rejection section to the heat receiving section is disclosed. The heat transfer device is coined as...
6591902 Apparatus for applying controllable, multipurpose heat pipes to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems  
An air conditioning system has a plurality of heat pipes including an input coil at the input end of a chiller for the passage of input air there through and an output coil at the output end of a...
6578629 Application of heat pipe science to heating, refrigeration and air conditioning systems  
An air conditioning system comprising a plurality of heat pipes. Each of the heat pipes includes an input coil at the input end of a chiller for the passage of input air there through and an output...
6443225 Thermally controlled active heat switch system  
The present invention discloses a heat transfer changeover switch capable of effecting or cutting off positively heat transfer. The switch requires no contact or separation of a solid contact of a...
6167955 Multi-mode heat transfer using a thermal heat pipe valve  
An electronic device has a heat pipe containing a heat transfer fluid. The heat pipe has a first section and a second section. Inside the heat pipe is a valve disposed between the first section and...
6158504 Rapid cooling apparatus  
Rapid cooling apparatus including a housing, a hot fluid coil disposed in the housing through which flows a product, a cooling liquid disposed in the housing which at least partially covers the hot...
6109337 Apparatus for controlling temperature  
Apparatus for controlling temperature within a housing (200) comprises a thermal storage device (102) for maintaining a controlled temperature within the housing, and a thermal transfer arrangement...
5979220 In-situ sensors for gas turbines  
A sensing device for protecting a sensor from environmental conditions present in a turbine is provided. The sensing device comprises a heat pipe exposed to the environmental conditions for...
5881801 Thermally driven liquid pressure generating apparatus  
A vessel of a liquid pressure generating apparatus is divided into two vessels of an upper liquid pressure generating vessel containing therein a liquid chamber whose volume can be varied, and a...
5819843 Cogeneration system  
A cogeneration system includes a gas engine generator acting as private power generating equipment for generating power to be supplied to private electricity consuming equipment, and a source-side...
5730211 Apparatus and method for operating a heat pipe panel assembly  
A spacecraft equipment panel including heat pipes operable in a zero-gravity environment for cooling the equipment mounted to the panel is not operable in an Earth-gravity environment because the...
5579826 Method for burn-in of high power semiconductor devices  
A thermal control system for use with a burn-in system, the thermal control system capable of delivering a thermally preconditioned liquid to a plurality of semiconductor devices during burn-in....
5360056 Temperature initiated passive cooling system  
A passive cooling system for cooling an enclosure only when the enclosure temperature exceeds a maximum standby temperature comprises a passive heat transfer loop containing heat transfer fluid...
5333677 Evacuated two-phase head-transfer systems  
Various techniques are disclosed for improving systems that include an evacuated, and in essence hermetically-sealed, fluid circuit containing a heat-transfer fluid which--while circulating,...
5161609 Method and apparatus for high speed regulation of a wall temperature  
A method and apparatus for high speed temperature regulation of elements (12) in thermal contact with a fluid contained in liquid-vapor equilibrium inside an enclosure (10) which is closed in...
5069274 Spacecraft radiator system  
A heat pipe radiator system is rendered more survivable against laser attack while providing higher thermal performance with significantly lower weight. In order to achieve these advantages, the...
5044426 Variable conductance heat pipe enhancement  
A heat pipe having an internal cross-sectional area contains a fixed restriction member with a reduced cross-sectional area, positioned in the condenser length of the heat pipe. An evaporatable and...
4964457 Unidirectional heat pipe and wick  
A predominantly unidirectional wick primarily for use in unidirectional heat pipe wicks is disclosed. The wick is made by supporting magnetically susceptible particles on a wire screen and moving...
4813476 Expandable pulse power spacecraft radiator  
An expandable heat rejection system for radiating heat generated by a source of heat on a spacecraft or like vehicle is described and comprises a fluid heat exchange medium in operative heat...
4757688 Solid-state electrocaloric cooling system and method  
A solid-state system and method for extracting heat from a given load which includes connecting a first diode heat pipe between an electrocaloric heating and cooling element and a load and a second...
4708120 Apparatus and method for treating air from a turbocharger  
Heat exchanger apparatus and method for cooling and removing moisture from air passing from a turbocharger (10) and the like to an intake of a combustion engine (11) is illustrated wherein heat...
4683940 Unidirectional heat pipe  
A heat pipe with limited heat transfer capabilities in one direction. The heat pipe, which transfers heat in one direction in normal fashion, also transfers heat in the reverse direction, but only...
4673030 Rechargeable thermal control system  
A unidirectional heat pipe (22) acting as a thermal diode or a heat switch, enables heat to be removed from electronic equipment (14) when temperatures outside of a missile envelope (12) are lower...
4635709 Dual mode heat exchanger  
A dual mode heat exchanger 10 for cooling airborne electronics 12 through a cold plate 14. The heat exchanger either radiates heat to air through radiator fins 18 or absorbs heat by evaporative...
4617985 Heat pipe stabilized specimen container  
A heat pipe stablized specimen container for irradiation of specimens at substantially constant temperature within a liquid metal cooled fast reactor comprises a heat pipe containing a vaporizable...
4407353 Waste heat recovery device for preventing corrosion by sulfur oxides  
In a boiler or an industrial furnace, a temperature detecting sensor is mounted at the heat absorbing side of a heat pipe of a waste heat recovery device which is disposed in part of the path of...
4377198 Passive, recyclable cooling system for missile electronics  
A cooling system is described which is appropriate to many high performance missiles. The invention comprises heat pipe/thermal diode devices, and a heat storage medium. Heat generated by...
4370547 Variable thermal impedance  
The invention is a method for controlling the temperature of a primary heat-generating source in an environment whose temperature may vary widely. A heat-pipe is used to carry the heat from the...
4355522 Passive ice freezing-releasing heat pipe  
A heat pipe device has been developed which permits completely passive ice formation and periodic release of ice without requiring the ambient temperature to rise above the melting point of water....
4315498 Solar collector  
Solar collector of the heat pipe type, comprising in per se known manner a case or container containing a heat pipe absorber of the solar energy, insulation placed between the absorber and the...
4294078 Method and system for the compact storage of heat and coolness by phase change materials  
While many materials and additives which will melt and freeze at various temperature levels for storing and releasing large amounts of heat thereby per unit volume have been disclosed, the...
4274476 Method and apparatus for removing heat from a workpiece during processing in a vacuum chamber  
A workpiece (16), for example a magnetic bubble memory wafer, is held in place, and heat is removed from it by an expandable heat pipe (22) during a process performed in a vacuum as, for example, a...
4137964 Controllable heat transmission apparatus  
A controllable heat-transmission device, herein called a thermic device, uses temperature changes to modulate heat flow between two regions. A fluid, in thermal contact with both regions, varies...
4106554 Heat pipe heat amplifier  
In a heat pipe combination consisting of a common condenser section with evaporator sections at either end, two working fluids of different vapor pressures are employed to effectively form two heat...
4057104 Temperature controlled airborne electronic assembly  
A streamlined electronic-component-containing pod is mounted on the exterior of a military aircraft in subjection to the airflow past the aircraft during flight. An evaporator in the pod is close...
4047198 Transistor cooling by heat pipes having a wick of dielectric powder  
A micro-electronic package which is capable of operating with power densities extending at least to 10 kilowatts per square centimeter comprises a sealed enclosure coupled to an external heat sink...
4033406 Heat exchanger utilizing heat pipes  
The heat exchanger utilizes variable conductance heat pipes to control the temperature of a cooled liquid or condensate, such as in dry cooling towers, chemical processes, air conditioning, and...
4026348 Heat pipe switch  
Thermal energy transfer apparatus having a controllably variable thermal conductance comprises a heat pipe having a capillary wick structure therein, a circulating supply of working fluid which is...
4007777 Switchable heat pipe assembly  
The heat pipe assembly is formed into an H-shape or a Y-shape. The H-shaped configuration comprises two heat pipes, each having condenser and evaporator sections with wicking therein coupled by a...
4004573 Process and apparatus for solar energy collection and retrieval  
For collection, retrieval, and utilization of solar energy, there is taught a process and an apparatus wherein a photochemical fluid, containing an isomerizable compound, is passed through a...
4000776 Heat pipe system  
A heat pipe having one wall formed by the component to be cooled and the other wall formed by a cover plate which is a portion of the missile skin, wherein the component wall normally forms the...
3985182 Heat transfer device  
A heat transfer device comprising a liquid having a low boiling point and a non-condensable gas, said liquid and said gas being charged in a vessel, said vessel being separated into a heating...
3934643 Controllable heat pipe  
A heat pipe comprising a hermetically sealed hollow body which is filled with a saturated vapor of and a small amount of the condensate of a heat carrying fluid. The heat pipe communicates with the...
3924674 Heat valve device  
Heat valve devices especially suitable for controlling heat flow from a heat source to a heat sink are disclosed. These devices each include an elongated tubular housing of low thermal conductivity...
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