Heat exchanger device and method for heat removal or transfer
| Patent Number: | 8,988,881 |
| Issued: | 3/24/2015 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | Systems and methods for a forced-convection heat exchanger are provided. In one embodiment, heat is transferred to or from a thermal load in thermal contact with a heat conducting structure, across a narrow air gap, to a rotating heat transfer structure immersed in a surrounding medium such as air. |
| Filed: | 8/13/2010 |
| Application Number: | 12/856,440 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |