Heat exchanger device and method for heat removal or transfer
Patent Number: | 8,228,675 |
Issued: | 7/24/2012 |
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: | 3/26/2010 |
Application Number: | 12/732,662 |
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. |