Expansion And Contraction Relieving Or Absorbing Means Patents (Class 165/81)
  • Patent number: 11804625
    Abstract: A lithium-ion battery thermal management system and method based on PCM and mutually embedded fins. The thermal management system includes a battery box, a lithium-ion battery pack and a temperature detection unit are arranged in the battery box; the lithium-ion battery pack at least includes two cells, the periphery of each cell is wrapped by a battery inner shell and a battery outer shell, and PCM is filled between the battery inner shell and the battery outer shell; a plurality of fins are arranged on the battery outer shell on the opposite sides of the two adjacent cells, the fins are arranged at intervals, the fins on the opposite sides of the two adjacent cells are arranged in a staggered manner, and heat-conducting plates are connected between each fin and the battery inner shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: University of Nottingham Ningbo China
    Inventors: Yong Shi, Guanyi Chen, Hanyang Ye
  • Patent number: 11710723
    Abstract: A 3D integrated circuit device can include a substrate, a thermal interface layer and at least one die, at least one device layer bonded between the thermal interface layer and the at least one die, wherein the thermal interface layer enhances conductive heat transfer between the at least one device layer and the at least one die, and a heat sink located adjacent to a heat spreader, wherein the thermal interface layer, the at least one die and the at least one device layer are located between the heat spreader and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Kambix Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Kambiz Vafai, Andisheh Tavakoli, Mohammad Reza Salimpour
  • Patent number: 11508672
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a base, a buffer member, a frame, a lid, and a semiconductor element, is disclosed. The ceramic frame is mounted on the copper base with the molybdenum buffer member interposed therebetween. The semiconductor element is sealed in a space within the frame defined by the lid. The frame includes a top portion, a lower stage portion that is disposed below the top portion and is provided with an input electrode and an output electrode, and an upper stage portion. The upper stage portion is formed in an arrangement direction of the input electrode and the output electrode, and is formed below the top portion and above the lower stage portion. The upper stage portion includes an upper stage connection portion formed on the periphery of the lower stage portion in a direction intersecting the arrangement direction of the input electrode and the output electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC DEVICE INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Tuneyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11402157
    Abstract: An evaporator suitable for a thermal dissipation module. The thermal dissipation module includes a tube or pipe and fluid. The evaporator includes a housing, a first heat dissipation structure and a second heat dissipation structure disposed in a sealed chamber of the housing. The chamber is configured to communicate with the pipe, and the fluid is configured to flow in the pipe and the chamber. The first heat dissipation structure and a second heat dissipation structure provide a plurality of fluid flow passages through which the fluid flows and evaporates. A manufacturing method of the evaporator is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yung-Chih Wang, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Wen-Neng Liao, Jau-Han Ke
  • Patent number: 11275003
    Abstract: The present invention includes a load frame test device using a plurality of levers about a common pivot point for applying combinations of tensile loading and bending on test articles at magnitudes seen in offshore applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Stress Engineering Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Jack Miller
  • Patent number: 11160193
    Abstract: A shrinking device and a liquid cooling system are provided. The shrinking device includes a housing, and a shrinking bag at least partially inserted into the housing. The shrinking bag is in communication with the outside atmosphere through a vent hole. The shrinking device according to the present invention can solve the liquid leakage problem caused by excessive pressure inside the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Deepcool Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weichao Li, Qiuchen Zhang, Lei Liu
  • Patent number: 11125135
    Abstract: A modular system for exhaust heat recovery devices has heat exchangers which differ by different external dimensions, in particular different cross-sections, and identically configured exhaust gas carrying housings into each of which one of the heat exchangers can be introduced. Various tubular adapters are adapted to the external dimensions of the heat exchangers and are used to fasten the associated heat exchanger at its connection ends to the exhaust gas carrying housing. Furthermore, a tubular adapter for a corresponding modular system and a vehicle which has a corresponding exhaust heat recovery device are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventors: David Saurat, Anton Berchtold
  • Patent number: 11060717
    Abstract: A package multiple pass flexible water tube boiler having staggered tubes that are substantially identical in length. The staggered tube arrangement, along with the inclusion of a plurality of baffles, optimizes heat transfer and minimizes the footprint of the unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Superior Boiler, LLC
    Inventors: John R. English, Sundeep Bodapati
  • Patent number: 10982909
    Abstract: A heat exchange system with at least one heat exchange chamber with heat exchange chamber boundaries which surround at least one heat exchange chamber interior of the heat exchange chamber is provided. The heat exchange chamber boundaries include at least one first opening for guiding in an inflow of at least one heat transfer fluid into the heat exchange chamber interior and at least one second opening for guiding out an outflow of the heat transfer fluid out of the heat exchange chamber interior. At least one heat storage material is arranged in the heat exchange chamber interior such that a heat exchange flow of the heat transfer fluid through the heat exchange chamber interior causes a heat exchange between the heat storage material and the heat transfer fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventors: Till Andreas Barmeier, Niels Pagelsen, Volker Seidel, Jennifer Verena Wagner
  • Patent number: 10971639
    Abstract: A method of mounting an electrical component on a base part having an inclined support surface is provided, in which method a first wedge surface of a wedge element is arranged on the support surface and a lateral force is exerted on the wedge element so that the first wedge surface moves on the support surface until a second wedge surface of the wedge element remote from the support surface reaches a desired position, and wherein the electrical component is arranged on the second wedge surface. In this respect, a first fastening element of the wedge element is fixed to the base part and the lateral force is afterward no longer exerted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventors: Florian Schneider, Bernd Deblitz
  • Patent number: 10724470
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a system for energy conversion. The system includes a closed cycle engine containing a volume of working fluid. The engine includes an expansion chamber and a compression chamber each separated by a piston attached to a connection member of a piston assembly. The engine further includes a plurality of heater conduits extended from the expansion chamber. The engine includes a plurality of chiller conduits extended from the compression chamber. The expansion chamber and heater conduits are fluidly connected to the compression chamber and chiller conduits via a walled conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joshua Tyler Mook, Michael Thomas Gansler, Scott Douglas Waun, Kevin Michael VandeVoorde, Aigbedion Akwara, Michael Robert Notarnicola, Jason Joseph Bellardi, Mohammed El Hacin Sennoun, Mohamed Osama
  • Patent number: 10648746
    Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery device includes: an exhaust pipe through which exhaust flows; a heat recovery material arranged in the exhaust pipe and recovering heat of the exhaust; a heat medium flow passage through which heat medium recovering the heat recovered by the heat recovery material flows; and an exhaust restriction portion arranged in the exhaust pipe and allowing the exhaust to pass through only part of the heat recovery material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youhei Ichiyanagi, Kazuhiro Idei
  • Patent number: 10126068
    Abstract: A heat exchanger apparatus includes a housing that defines a flow passage for a first fluid. The housing has a housing fluid inlet and a housing fluid outlet communicating with the flow passage. A first heat exchanger is located within the flow passage of the housing between the housing fluid inlet and the housing fluid outlet. The first heat exchanger has a plurality of channels for transmitting a second fluid through the first heat exchanger. The heat exchanger apparatus also includes a flow diverter in the flow passage, between the housing fluid inlet and the first heat exchanger, for diverting some of the first fluid to a by-pass region of the flow passage that by-passes the first heat exchanger. As well, a flow control device is in communication with the housing fluid inlet and controls a volume and location of the first fluid entering the flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventors: Ihab Edward Gerges, Mark S. Kozdras, Benjamin Murray Lowry
  • Patent number: 10002682
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor is provided that includes a vessel; a core provided in the vessel; at least one plate heat exchanger provided in the vessel, with at least one duct for supplying a secondary fluid to the heat exchanger and a duct for discharging the secondary fluid from the heat exchanger, the discharge duct extending through the vessel. The nuclear reactor comprises a device for attaching the heat exchanger to an area of the vessel through which the discharge duct extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: SOCIETE TECHNIQUE POUR L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
    Inventor: Charles Fribourg
  • Patent number: 9975396
    Abstract: An installation frame for a heat exchanger, in particular for a heat exchanger in particular for installation in an air-conditioning system for motor vehicles, having frame elements that encompass the heat exchanger at the short sides thereof arranged parallel to the air flow direction, whereby the frame elements are connected to one another, and whereby the installation frame is in the form of a sealing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Fieger
  • Patent number: 9958211
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technology based upon the nesting of tubes to provide chemical reactors or chemical reactors with built in heat exchanger. As a chemical reactor, the technology provides the ability to manage the temperature within a process flow for improved performance, control the location of reactions for corrosion control, or implement multiple process steps within the same piece of equipment. As a chemical reactor with built in heat exchanger, the technology can provide large surface areas per unit volume and large heat transfer coefficients. The technology can recover the thermal energy from the product flow to heat the reactant flow to the reactant temperature, significantly reducing the energy needs for accomplishment of a process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: BayoTech, Inc.
    Inventor: Milton Edward Vernon
  • Patent number: 9939672
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing in which components are mounted that produce heat. The heat producing components may be light-emitting diodes mounted on a flexible printed circuit in a display backlight, may be integrated circuits, or may be other devices that generate heat during operation. A heat spreading layer such as a layer of graphite may be attached to the backlight unit or other structures in the electronic device using adhesive. The adhesive may be patterned to form an unbonded area between at least some of the backlight unit or other structures to which the heat spreading layer is being attached and the heat spreading layer. The heat spreading layer may be mounted adjacent to a housing structure such as a metal midplate member that is attached to housing walls in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler R. Kakuda, Shawn R. Gettemy, Mark T. Sullivan, Ihtesham H. Chowdhury
  • Patent number: 9874404
    Abstract: An exhaust gas heat exchanger includes at least one diffuser for feeding and/or discharging an exhaust gas flow, an exchanging region including exchanging tubes which extend in an axial direction and which are connected to a base at one end, and a housing through which a cooling agent can flow and which is made of a material that is non-resistant to high temperatures. A connecting element is partly embedded in the housing in order to secure the connecting element to the housing. The connecting element is bonded to the base in a first bonding region and the base is bonded to the diffuser in a second bonding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Sauter, Christian Schleicher, Hermann Knaus, Heinz Czemmel
  • Patent number: 9752835
    Abstract: Unitary heat exchangers having integrally-formed compliant heat exchanger tubes and heat exchange systems including the same are provided. The unitary heat exchanger comprises an inlet plenum and an outlet plenum and a plurality of integrally-formed compliant heat exchanger tubes. The plurality of integrally-formed compliant heat exchanger tubes extend between and are integral with the inlet and outlet plenums to define a heat exchanger first flow passage. Each integrally-formed compliant heat exchanger tube comprises a tubular member and a plurality of integral heat transfer fins extend radially outwardly from at least one portion of the tubular member. The tubular member has a proximal tube end and a distal tube end and comprises a tubular wall having an outer wall surface and an inner wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: David Waldman, Mark C. Morris, Donald G. Godfrey
  • Patent number: 9382874
    Abstract: A communication passage in a Stirling cycle transducer includes a cylindrical shaped thermal regenerator providing flow paths aligned with a regenerator cylindrical axis for providing periodic gas flow between first and second interfaces of the regenerator. A first heat exchanger conveys gas between a periphery of the heat exchanger and the first interface causing a change of direction of gas flow between radially and axially oriented flow within the regenerator and transfers heat between the gas and an external environment in a direction aligned with the regenerator cylindrical axis. A second heat exchanger conveys gas between a periphery of the heat exchanger and the second interface causing a change of direction of gas flow between radially and axially oriented flow within the regenerator and transfers heat between the external environment and the gas in a direction aligned with the regenerator cylindrical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Etalim Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Walter Steiner, Briac Medard de Chardon, Takao Kanemaru
  • Patent number: 9279624
    Abstract: A fin and tube heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat transfer tubes arranged in parallel and a plurality of plate-shaped fins provided orthogonally to the heat transfer tubes, each of the heat transfer tubes is in contact with fin collars of the plate-shaped fins and is inserted along the fin collars. Each fin collar is configured to include a bend in each of a re-flared portion and in a root portion of the fin collar. A thickness of the re-flared portion is smaller than a thickness of the root portion and a radius of the bend of the re-flared portion is larger than a radius of the bend of the root portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sangmu Lee, Masahiko Takagi, Akira Ishibashi, Takuya Matsuda
  • Patent number: 9273907
    Abstract: A plate type heat exchanger (102) includes a heat exchanger assembly (104), end panels (106) and end panel connection members (107) connecting the end panels (106). The heat exchanger assembly (104) has a stack of heat exchanger plates (112) and a pair of outer heat exchanger plates (114) located on opposing sides of the heat exchanger assembly (104). At least one outer heat exchanger plate (114) is mechanically connected to an adjacent end panel (106) and has an outer main surface portion (122) facing the adjacent end panel (106) that is thermally connected to an end panel contacting region (125) of the adjacent end panel (106). The in-plane thermal expansion properties of the outer main surface portion (122) are identical to in-plane thermal expansion properties of the end panel contacting region (125).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Inventor: Mircea Dinulescu
  • Publication number: 20150104688
    Abstract: A propulsion system for an electric vehicle includes a battery pack having at least one battery cell. A cooling system includes a cooling plate abutting the battery cell. A heat sink is in thermal communication with the cooling plate by at least one carbon fiber brush coupled to at least one of the cooling plate and the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Axel Heise, Alastair Gordon Anderson, Stefan Toepfer
  • Patent number: 8985198
    Abstract: The present invention provides a charge air cooler for transferring heat between a coolant and charge air including a charge air inlet tank, a charge air outlet tank spaced from the inlet tank, a housing connecting the inlet and outlet tanks to define a charge air flow path from the inlet tank to the outlet tank, and a plurality of plate pairs extending into the charge air flow path from, and substantially perpendicular to, a first wall of the housing. Each of the plate pairs can define a multi-pass path for the coolant. Elongated spacers can be positioned between adjacent plate pairs to define the first wall of the housing. The housing can include a second wall opposite the first wall, and the plate pairs can be spaced away from the second wall in order to accommodate differences in thermal expansion between the plate pairs and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jason J. Braun, Kevin G. Clabots, Be A. Ware, Joey D. Brown, David E. Janke, Robert M. Melby
  • Patent number: 8955578
    Abstract: A heat exchanger usable with a ventilator, the heat exchanger having an improved structure so that air passing through the heat exchanger may be prevented from leaking. The heat exchanger of the general inventive concept includes a heat-exchanging element having a plurality of liners stacked in a uniformly spaced state and a plurality of spacers disposed between the liners to define air passages, and corner guides respectively coupled to corners of the heat-exchanging element. Each of the corner guides includes a guide channel forming a space to receive the corner of the heat-exchanging element so that the corner guides securely come into close contact with the heat-exchanging element, and to minimize a loosening of the corner guide due to an adhesive applied between the heat-exchanging element and the corner guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Chul Kwon, Sung Woo Kim, Euy Sung Chu, Jee Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 8915292
    Abstract: An exhaust gas heat exchanger that includes a stack at least partially surrounded by a housing. The stack includes a first tube, a second tube, and a coolant duct between the first tube and the second tube. A fin is located within the coolant duct. The fin includes a first portion and a second portion and the first tube includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the fin is fixed to the first portion of the first tube such that the first portion of the fin is coupled to the first portion of the first tube for movement with respect to the housing, and the second portion of the fin is supported in the housing for movement relative to the second portion of the first tube to permit movement of the second portion of the first tube with respect to the second portion of the fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Harald Schatz, Michael Daniel, Thomas Grotophorst, Jeff Schernecker, Daniel E. Hornback, Andrew Boyer
  • Publication number: 20140360698
    Abstract: Unitary heat exchangers having integrally-formed compliant heat exchanger tubes and heat exchange systems including the same are provided. The unitary heat exchanger comprises an inlet plenum and an outlet plenum and a plurality of integrally-formed compliant heat exchanger tubes. The plurality of integrally-formed compliant heat exchanger tubes extend between and are integral with the inlet and outlet plenums to define a heat exchanger first flow passage. Each integrally-formed compliant heat exchanger tube comprises a tubular member and a plurality of integral heat transfer fins extend radially outwardly from at least one portion of the tubular member. The tubular member has a proximal tube end and a distal tube end and comprises a tubular wall having an outer wall surface and an inner wall surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: David Waldman, Mark C. Morris, Donald G. Godfrey
  • Publication number: 20140345828
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (30) for an apparatus for the production of carbon black is disclosed. It comprises a first heat exchanging part (31) comprising a first chamber (33) enclosed by a jacket (34), a lower end wall (35) and an upper end wall (36). Tubes (37) adapted for flow of combusted gas therein are arranged in the first chamber. The heat exchanger also comprises a second heat exchanging part (32), comprising a vertically arranged second chamber (42) adapted for flow of combusted gas therein, the second chamber (42) being surrounded by a first shell (43) adapted for allowing heat transfer to a gas to be preheated flowing on the outside of the first shell (43). The heat exchanger also comprises a conduit (52) adapted for flow of said gas to be preheated from the second heat exchanging part (32) to the first heat exchanging part (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Ingo Ehmann, Lennart Karrberg
  • Patent number: 8833436
    Abstract: The heat exchange assembly (1) for exchanging heat between a first and a second fluid comprises: a plurality of heat exchange modules (12) for exchanging heat between the first and second fluids, these being distributed about a central axis (X) and having opposing respective lateral faces (47); feed manifolds (14, 16) for feeding the modules (12) with primary and secondary fluid and collection manifolds (18, 20) for removing these fluids. At least some of the said manifolds (14, 16) or parts of the said manifolds (18) run between the modules (12), the said manifolds (14, 16) or parts of manifolds (18) flanking one and the same module (12) being positioned substantially symmetrically with respect to the mid-plane situated between the two lateral faces (47) of the said module (12) in such a way that the said manifolds (14, 16) or parts of manifolds (18) create substantially identical thermal stresses in the lateral faces (47) of the module (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Areva NP
    Inventor: Gilles Francois
  • Patent number: 8814057
    Abstract: Devices comprising multi-compartment fluidic cell with multiple inlets. Compartments can be separated from one another using soft seals. The main cell can be located between two adjacent secondary cells. The main cell carries the main flow while the secondary cells can carry either the main flow or any auxiliary flows. The flow in the multi-compartment cells minimizes fluid leakage and causes reduced pressure difference between the main cell and the two secondary cells especially under similar flow conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Kambix Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Kambiz Vafai, Abdul Rahim A. Khaled
  • Patent number: 8800642
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes tubes layered in a layering direction, a side plate arranged most outside of the tubes in the layering direction, and a core plate extending in the layering direction. The side plate has an end portion in a longitudinal direction, and the core plate has a wall portion extending in the longitudinal direction. The end portion of the side plate has a brazing section brazed to an outer face of the wall portion of the core plate, and the end portion of the side plate has a through hole located in the brazing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihide Ninagawa, Hidetake Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 8794299
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (10) is provided and in a highly preferred form is an EGR cooler (52) having first and second passes (56A,56B) that are connected to an inlet/outlet manifold (70) by a pair of corresponding thermal expansion joints (87,93) to allow differential thermal expansion between the various structural components of the heat exchanger (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Barfknecht, Biao Yu, LeRoy Goines, Robert J. DeGroot, Peter C. Kottal, Steven P. Meshenky, Dan R. Raduenz
  • Patent number: 8794300
    Abstract: An exhaust gas cooler for a motor vehicle is provided that includes a first collector box on an inlet side and a second collector box on an outlet side, and a plurality of exchanger tubes extending between the collector boxes for exhaust gas to flow through. Air can flow around the exchanger tubes so as to cool the exhaust gas. At least one supporting member is attached to at least one of the collector boxes, a force produced by the thermal expansion of the exchanger tubes being passed into the supporting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Irmler, Bernd Kraemer
  • Patent number: 8783337
    Abstract: A system and method for producing surface deformations on a surface of a body. The system and method relate to changing the convective heat transfer coefficient for a surface. The system includes a first surface being a surface of a body exposed to a fluid flow and at least one actuator affecting deformation of the first surface. The system also includes a control system providing control commands to the at least one actuator, the control commands configured to change deformations on the first surface in order to change the convective heat transfer coefficient of the first surface. Further, the system includes a sensor providing environmental characteristic information to the control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Alistair K. Chan, Clarence T. Tegreene
  • Publication number: 20140166236
    Abstract: A heat exchanger with a first manifold and a second manifold. The heat exchanger includes tubes having first and second ends. The tubes connect to the first manifold at the first end and the second manifold at the second end establishing fluid communication between the manifolds. The tubes are arranged parallel and forming gaps between tubes. The heat exchanger includes fin matrices formed from fins that span the gaps and extend from the first end to the second end. At least two adjacent tubes define an expansion gap that accommodates thermal expansion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Dongming Tan, Jianlong Xu, Sumeeth Sivanagere, Thomas G. Ausman, Steven P. Trower, Jiang Zheng
  • Publication number: 20140130792
    Abstract: A solar boiler 300 includes first and second primary receiver panels 500, 600 spaced apart by a gap 700. Each panel 500, 600 include a plurality of primary boiler tubes 510, 610 for receiving solar flux. The boiler 300 includes at least one secondary receiver arrangement 800 disposed across the gap 700 for receiving solar flux incident thereacross. The arrangement 800 includes at least one secondary boiler tube 810, and at least one support member 820 supported thereto. The arrangement 800 is configured relative to the primary panels 500, 600 such that endmost primary boiler tubes 510a, 610a are supported over the support member 820 in spaced relation ‘S’ to the secondary boiler tube 810 for enabling transverse and lateral thermal expansion of the tubes 510, 610, 810 without bending out. Further, a panel joining attachment 900 is provided for attaching the panels 500, 600 and the arrangement 800.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventor: Ronald G. Payne
  • Patent number: 8714461
    Abstract: Devices utilized to enhance insulating properties at high temperatures. Such devices can include two gas compartments. A main gas compartment can function as a main layer and generally contains a layer of a gas (e.g., Xenon) having a relatively small thermal conductivity. The plates of the main gas layer can be separated by a soft seal, so that the main gas does not leak and the main layer expands easily. A second gas compartment can be configured as a vented compartment filled with air. At high temperatures, the main gas expands while the secondary gas volume shrinks. Since the main gas possesses a lower thermal conductivity, the effective resistance of the device increases, causing an enhancement in the insulating properties at large operating temperatures. A series of gas compartments can be utilized for additional enhancement in insulating properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Kambix Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Kambiz Vafai, Abdul-Rahim Assaad Khaled
  • Patent number: 8701308
    Abstract: A fluid heater includes a duct pipe through which a fluid to be heated flows, and a heating part configured to heat the duct pipe. One or more fillers is provided inside the duct pipe. A substrate processing apparatus includes: a supply source configured to supply a liquid of a volatile organic solvent; the aforementioned fluid heater configured to heat the liquid of the organic solvent supplied by the supply source so as to generate a steam of the organic solvent; and a chamber configured to accommodate a substrate W and to dry the substrate W accommodated therein, to which the steam of the organic solvent generated by the fluid heater is supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Koukichi Hiroshiro, Takayuki Toshima
  • Patent number: 8701748
    Abstract: A novel outlet fitting for use in connection with a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is used in the role of a quench exchanger for cooling cracking effluent and solves particular problems associated with gas-oil cracking applications and other heavy feed based applications wherein differences between process outlet temperature and coolant temperatures are larger than in, for example, naphtha and gas cracking applications. The specific solution is achieved through a novel outlet fitting for the quench exchanger that eliminates the need for a steam purge, addresses thermal stress issues and reduces pressure drop within the system. The outlet fitting includes internal insulation to avoid the need for a steam purge. In addition, the outlet fitting includes a low-angle diffuser with an angle of less than 7 degrees and preferably less than 5 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Dave B. Spicer, Nicholas G. Vidonic
  • Patent number: 8690073
    Abstract: Devices for the control of flow rate and thermal conditions using two-layered thin films separated by flexible complex seals. The plates of an upper thin film are separated by a sealing assembly. The sealing assembly is composed of an elastic soft seal separating closed voids of stagnant fluid and in contact with the upper plate of the device as it is the heated plate. The lower and the upper plates of the lower thin film can be separated by an elastic soft seal. The lower and upper thin films are named as main and secondary layers, respectively. Both the upper plate of the secondary layer and the lower plate of the main layer are fixed while the intermediate plate and is free to move in the vertical direction. When the pressure or the working temperature in the secondary layer increases, the secondary layer expands causing the main layer thickness to shrink. This reduces the main layer flow rate and temperature gradients within the main layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Kambix Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Kambiz Vafai, Abdul-Rahim Assaad Khaled
  • Publication number: 20140090804
    Abstract: A device for exchanging heat between the two fluid streams is disclosed. The device includes parallel heat exchange tubes arranged in an annular pattern, the first and second ends of the tubes being coupled to first and second halves of a core housing configured to channel the first gas stream through the heat exchange tubes between a first intake formed on the first half of the core housing and a first exhaust formed on the second half of the core housing. The device further includes a shell enclosing the core housing and separated from the core housing by a space, the shell configured to channel the second gas from a second intake, then between the heat exchange tubes, and then through a second exhaust. The heat exchanger device includes an expansion joint coupling the core housing and the shell housing such that the core housing floats within the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventor: Delio SAMZ
  • Patent number: 8684275
    Abstract: Devices and methods for increasing and decreasing cooling capacity as thermal load increases by utilizing bimaterial. For increasing the cooling capacity, the upper plate of a thin film microchannel can be configured from a bimaterial, such that the upper layer possesses a higher linear thermal expansion coefficient than that of the lower layer material. Excessive heating causes the coolant temperature to increase which in turn heats the upper plate. As such, the upper plate bends outward allowing for more coolant to flow within the thin film. For decreasing the cooling capacity, the upper plate can be configured from a bimaterial such that its lower layer has a higher linear thermal expansion coefficient than that of the upper layer material. Excessive heating can cause the coolant temperature to increase, which in turn heats the upper plate. As such, the upper plate can bend inward resulting in less coolant flow within the thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Kambix Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Kambiz Vafai, Abdul Rahim Assaad Khaled
  • Publication number: 20140069612
    Abstract: A system includes a syngas cooler configured to cool a syngas. The syngas cooler includes a vessel with a head portion and a first opening and a first pipe that extends through the first opening. The first pipe is configured to convey a heated fluid out of the vessel. A first flanged connection is disposed about the first opening, wherein the first pipe extends through the first flanged connection and is coupled to the flanged connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Lien-Yan Chen, Jay Christopher Schleicher
  • Patent number: 8650886
    Abstract: A flexible cooling loop for providing a thermal path between a heat source and a heat sink includes a plurality of mechanically rigid tubing sections configured for being in thermal contact with the heat source and the heat sink. The cooling loop further includes a plurality if mechanically flexible tubing sections configured for connecting the mechanically rigid tubing sections to form the loop. The loop is configured for containing a liquid. The liquid is configured for being circulated within the loop for promoting transfer of thermal energy from the heat source to the heat sink via the loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross K. Wilcoxon, David W. Dlouhy, Nathan P. Lower, James R. Wooldridge
  • Patent number: 8640688
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat collection system for a roof, the system including a roof deck, a membrane upwardly adjacent of the roof deck; a fluid channel disposed between the membrane and the roof deck, the fluid channel having a defined entry port and a defined exit port, the entry port and the exit port being disposed in fluid communication via the fluid channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Inventor: Thomas L. Kelly
  • Publication number: 20140000845
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is comprised of two heat exchanger sections, at least one of which is provided with a floating header to accommodate differential thermal expansion. The two heat exchanger sections are enclosed by an inner shell wall, and an external connecting passage is provided outside the inner shell wall, through which one of the fluids flows between the two heat exchanger sections. The external connecting passage is enclosed by an outer shell. The inner wall is provided with openings which communicate with the external connecting passage. The openings may be in the form of a substantially continuous gap or discrete openings. Specific examples of heat exchangers with this construction include a steam generator, a steam generator and combined catalytic converter, and a water gas shift reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Doug Vanderwees, Manaf Hasan, Jianan Huang, Brian E. Cheadle
  • Publication number: 20130299134
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided that includes an expansion joint that accommodates thermal expansion of an inner casing relative to an outer casing. The expansion joint is positioned between the inner casing and the outer casing and is shielded from high temperature fluid flows by a wall of the heat exchanger and by thermal insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Nicholas H. DESCHAMPS
  • Publication number: 20130153172
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for reducing the effects of motion in a core-in-shell type heat exchanger are provided. One apparatus includes: (a) a heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger includes an internal volume defined within a shell and a plurality of spaced apart cores disposed within the internal volume of the shell, wherein the internal volume is flooded with a vaporizing fluid; and (b) a separation vessel connected to the heat exchanger, wherein the separation vessel is located at higher elevation than the heat exchanger, wherein the separation vessel is connected to the heat exchanger in such a manner so as to deliver a hot feed stream to heat exchanger and the receive a non-vaporizing stream from the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventor: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
  • Patent number: 8459337
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a heat exchanger and an equalizing vessel for equalizing changes in coolant volume. The heat exchanger may include an inflow for delivering coolant to the heat exchanger and an outflow for discharging coolant from the heat exchanger. The equalizing vessel may be closed off by a flexible membrane that follows changes in volume of the coolant. The equalizing vessel may include a first chamber that is in liquid communication with the inflow of the heat exchanger and a second chamber that is in liquid communication with the outflow of the heat exchanger. A filter may also be provided to filter the coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Siegfried Seidler, Walter G. Angelis, Wolfgang Laufer, Francisco Rojo Lulic
  • Publication number: 20130105117
    Abstract: According to the present invention, the method of heat transfer in a direction, which is reverse to natural convection, includes introduction of an additional pumping substance into the heated area. The pumping substance is incapable to be dissolved in the heat-transfer agent and its boiling temperature is lower than the boiling temperature of the heat-transfer agent. The heat-transfer agent is heated up, the pumping substance evaporates and the vapour pressure of the pumping substance is used to force the hot heat-transfer agent to flow along the branches of the circulating loop. The device for heat transfer in a direction reverse to the natural convection characterized in that its design incorporates technical means intended for vapour condensation of the pumping substance as well as technical means intended for draining that condensate from the condensation area to the evaporation area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicants: UNIWERSYTET WARMINSKO - MAZURSKI W. OLSZTYNIE
    Inventors: Daniel Chludzinski, Jurij Dobrianski, Michal Duda, Janusz Piechocki, Marek Samsel, Robert Wojcik