Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus for an electric mobility and an air-conditioning system using the same includes a heat pump used to provide high-temperature air generated through an internal condenser to an evaporator, removing condensed water generated in the evaporator after cooling, and sterilizing the evaporator.

Abstract: A refrigeration appliance including a compartment for storing food items. A partition divides the compartment into a first and a second compartments. The first compartment is disposed horizontally adjacent the second compartment and has a user-selectable target freezer temperature. An evaporator is disposed in the first compartment. An evaporator fan is disposed in the first compartment for conveying cooling air from the evaporator to the first and the second compartments. A temperature control module positioned in the second compartment. The temperature control module includes a body having front and rear surfaces. An air passage is formed in the body and extends between a side inlet opening of the body to at least one outlet opening on the front surface of the body. A heater assembly is disposed between the front and the rear surfaces of the body for heating air in the air passage.

Abstract: Provided is a radiative cooling substrate, sequentially composed of a broadband radiation absorption layer, a metal substrate, and a wavelength-selective infrared emission layer. Also provided is a method for preparing the aforementioned radiative cooling substrate, which simply involves placing the metal substrate into an electrophoresis tank and depositing the broadband radiation absorption layer and the wavelength-selective infrared emission layer on the two sides of the metal substrate, respectively. Additionally, a radiative cooling device, comprising the above-mentioned radiative cooling substrate, is also provided.

Abstract: Vertical vapor generator of shell-and-tube type, for an indirect heat exchange between a tube-side fluid to be cooled and a boiling shell-side fluid, and operating method thereof. The vertical vapor generator includes shell-side baffles having a slope to promote the upward outflow of vapor from the lower surface of the baffles and the downward outflow of gravity deposits from the upper surface of the baffles. In embodiments, the vertical vapor generator mitigates or eliminates overheating and corrosion phenomena near the baffles and provides increased reliability and operating life. Operating methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A plate includes: a main body; a flow channel provided in the main body and configured to flow inert gas therein; a cover configured to cover a surface of the main body where the flow channel is formed; a buried member buried in an opening of the flow channel, the buried member including a buried portion fixed to the flow channel and made of dense ceramic, and a flow portion held by the buried portion and configured to let the inert gas flow from an inside to an outside of the main body, at least a part of the flow portion being made of porous ceramic; and a plurality of through holes provided in the flow portion. A ratio of a diameter of an outer circumference of the buried portion to a diameter of a smallest circle among circles including all of the through holes is 1.2 or higher.

Abstract: The invention provides a vapor chamber assembly (1000) comprising two sections (1200) and one or more vapor chamber elements (100), wherein each section (1200) comprises at least part of the one or more vapor chamber elements (100), wherein each vapor chamber element (100) comprises a vapor chamber (200) at least partly defined by two parallel configured plate parts (211, 221), wherein the two sections (1200) define a bend (1100), wherein the bend (1100) has a bend angle ?b, wherein 0°??b<180°.

Abstract: A distributor for an inlet manifold of a microchannel heat exchanger is disclosed. The distributor comprising a nozzle adapted to the fluidically connected to a supply tube of a refrigeration line of the heat exchanger, wherein the supply tube is at least partially disposed within an inlet manifold of the heat exchanger. The nozzle comprises a first hollow portion having a round cross-section and adapted to be fluidically connected to the supply tube, and a second hollow portion having an oval or elliptical cross-section, wherein the second portion is fluidically connected to the first portion such that the nozzle gradually transitions from the first portion to the second portion and flow area of the nozzle reduces in a direction from the first portion to the second portion.

Abstract: An adjustable rotor support with a carrier beam configured to receive a center shaft of a rotor, at least one support brace connected to the carrier beam, and an adjustment arrangement operably connected to the support brace(s). The adjustment arrangement is configured to generate movement of at least one of the support brace(s), movement of the support brace(s) generating movement of the carrier beam along an adjustment axis (A1) perpendicular to a center axis (A2) of the center shaft. The adjustment arrangement is configured to lock the support brace(s) in a position reached through the movement such that the position is maintained by the adjustment arrangement during operation of the rotor.

Abstract: A cooling assembly configured to provide a heat exchange between the fluids comprising: at least one first heat exchanger comprising a pair of first manifolds comprising an axis of elongation of the first manifolds, and a plurality of first tubes stacked between the first manifolds, each first tube comprising an axis of elongation of the first tubes which is substantially perpendicular to axis of elongation of the first manifolds. The axes form the general plane of the first heat exchanger, at least one second heat exchanger comprising a pair of second manifolds comprising an axis of elongation of the second manifolds, and a plurality of second tubes stacked between the second manifolds, each second tube comprising an axis of elongation of the second tubes which is substantially perpendicular to axis of elongation of the second manifolds.

Abstract: A thermal management system for a marine vessel includes a closed loop circuit in which heat transfer fluid circulates, a first refrigeration component cooled or heated by the heat transfer fluid and configured to cool or heat air within a compartment on the marine vessel, and an open loop circuit. A pump is configured to pump water from a body of water in which the marine vessel is operating, through the open loop circuit, and back to the body of water. A second refrigeration component is configured to exchange heat between the closed loop circuit and the open loop circuit, and a water heater is configured to receive heat from the closed loop circuit to thereby heat potable water in the water heater.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes first to fourth tubes, and first and second heat exchange tubes. The second heat exchange tube includes a first bent section and a first straight section. The first bent section has a first end connected with the second tube and a second end connected with the first straight section. In the width direction, the projection of the second channel of the first heat exchange tube is located between the first channel of the first heat exchange tube and the first channel of the first bent section, and the first channel of the first bent section is located between the second channel of the first heat exchange tube and the second channel of the first bent section.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes an outer sleeve provided with two open ends, and at least one diversion unit group provided in the outer sleeve. A first flow channel is formed between the outer sleeve and the diversion unit group for a first fluid to flow from one end to the other end of the outer sleeve. The diversion unit group includes a first hollow vane, a connecting channel and a second hollow vane sequentially provided along an axial direction of the outer sleeve. The first hollow vane, the connecting channel and the second hollow vane are sequentially connected to form a second flow channel for the second fluid to flow from one end to the other end of the outer sleeve.

Abstract: A wafer placement table is a wafer placement table that includes a refrigerant flow channel through which refrigerant is flowed and includes a top base including a ceramic base incorporating an electrode and having a wafer placement surface on a top surface of the ceramic base, a bottom base on a top surface of which a flow channel groove defining a side wall and a bottom of the refrigerant flow channel is provided, and a seal member disposed between the top base and the bottom base so as to seal the refrigerant flow channel from an outside.

Abstract: A heating module for a substrate processing chamber includes heating lamps coupled to a reflector plate and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger cools a gas within the heating module. A fan within the heating module circulates the gas through apertures in the reflector plate to cool the heating bulbs. The gas is cooled by the heat exchanger, and is recirculated. One or more shrouds directs the gas as the gas is being circulated.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger core, a pressure housing, and a flex beam. The pressure housing at least partially defines a core chamber. The flex beam extends between and connects the heat exchanger core and the pressure housing such that the heat exchanger core is suspended away from the pressure housing within the core chamber by the flex beam. The flex beam includes a core end connected to the heat exchanger core and a housing end spaced along the flex beam from the core end and connected to the pressure housing.

Abstract: A geothermal heat extractor includes a heat transfer fluid and a heat transfer fluid supply conduit. The heat transfer fluid is maintained in the supply conduit in a liquid state at a pressure above its saturation pressure. The geothermal heat extractor further includes a heat transfer fluid return conduit, a geothermal heat source coupled thereto, at least one flow control valve configured to control the flow of the heat transfer fluid from the supply conduit to the return conduit, and an external load coupled to the return conduit. As the heat transfer fluid is provided to the return conduit in the liquid state, the heat transfer fluid vaporizes in the return conduit by heat supplied to the return conduit from the geothermal heat source. The vaporized heat transfer fluid is supplied from the return conduit to the external load.

Abstract: Some embodiments include a thermal management plane. The thermal management plane may include a top casing comprising a polymer material; a top encapsulation layer disposed on the top casing; a bottom casing comprising a polymer material; a bottom encapsulation layer disposed on the bottom casing; a hermetical seal coupling the bottom casing with the top casing; a wicking layer disposed between the bottom casing and the top casing; and a plurality of spacers disposed between the top casing and the bottom casing within the vacuum core, wherein each of the plurality of spacers have a low thermal conduction. In some embodiments, the thermal management plane has a thickness less than about 200 microns.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger (1), in particular for a motor vehicle. The heat exchanger (1) includes a plurality of tubular bodies (2) stacked onto one another along a stack direction (S), which in each case delimit a first fluid path (3a) for being flowed through by a refrigerant (K). The individual tubular bodies (2) are arranged along the stack direction (S) spaced apart from one another, so that between intermediate spaces (4) formed between the tubular bodies (2) that are adjacent in the stack direction (S), each form a second fluid path (3b) fluidically separated from the first fluid paths (3a) for being flowed through by air. The individual tubular bodies (2) extend transversely, preferentially perpendicularly to the stack direction (S) along a longitudinal direction (L).

Abstract: A cooling system includes a first circulation pipeline unit and a second circulation pipeline unit that are configured to circulate a cooling medium. The first circulation pipeline unit includes a first water supply pipe group and a first water return pipe group that are connected to each other. The second circulation pipeline unit includes a second water supply pipe group and a second water return pipe group that are connected to each other. A first end of the first water supply pipe group and a first end of the first water return pipe group each are provided with a first expansion interface.

Abstract: A heatsink and a communication device having the heatsink are disclosed. The heatsink comprises a heatsink base and a plurality of heatsink fins. Each heatsink fin includes a fin bottom joined to the heatsink base and a fin top opposite to the fin bottom. A plurality of flow channels are formed in at least one of the heatsink fins to extend obliquely from the fin bottom towards the fin top. The plurality of flow channels merge into a public channel formed at the fin top.