Abstract: An apparatus includes a chimney cooler having a housing. The housing includes a base and sidewalls. The base is configured to support one or more heat-generating components. The sidewalls extend from the base, and each sidewall includes multiple channels. Each channel defines a serpentine flow path configured to receive a fluid coolant. The sidewalls may be lofted away from the heat-generating component(s) as the sidewalls extend from the base. An inlet for each channel may be contoured to promote inertial flow of the fluid coolant into the serpentine flow path. An outlet for each channel may be contoured to promote inertial flow of the fluid coolant exiting the serpentine flow path. Channels at and adjacent to primary objective surfaces of the housing may share a common inlet. The channels at the primary objective surfaces of the housing may have larger outlets relative to the channels adjacent to the primary objective surfaces of the housing.

Abstract: A structural support member for a vehicle includes a structural member, a battery chiller additively manufactured and disposed at least partially within the support member. The battery chiller includes a pair of spaced apart coolant chambers and a plurality of hollow pins extending between the pair of spaced apart coolant chambers such that the pair of spaced apart coolant chambers are in fluid communication with each other via the plurality of hollow pins. A refrigerant chamber can be included and be between the pair of spaced apart coolant chambers such that coolant fluid flows from one of the pair of spaced apart coolant chambers to another of the pair of spaced apart coolant chambers through the refrigerant chamber via the plurality of hollow pins.

Abstract: A plate heat exchanger includes a plurality of first heat transfer plates, a plurality of first inner fins, a plurality of second heat transfer plates, and a plurality of second inner fins. A space is formed between each of the plurality of first heat transfer plates and a corresponding one of the plurality of second heat transfer plates. The plate heat exchanger includes, in the space, a plurality of heat transfer components connecting each of the plurality of first heat transfer plates and a corresponding one of the plurality of second heat transfer plates, the plurality of heat transfer components being interspersed between each of the plurality of first heat transfer plates and a corresponding one of the plurality of second heat transfer plates. A recess-and-projection pitch section in each of the plurality of first inner fins includes first pitch sections and one or more of second pitch sections, a width of each of the second pitch sections being wider than a width of each of the first pitch sections.

Abstract: A temperature management system for an energy storage system, a motor vehicle including such a temperature management system, a use of a hygroscopic material in such a temperature management system and a manufacturing method of such a temperature management system. The temperature management system includes at least one energy storage module, a carrier element and a cooling element. The cooling element includes a first surface directed to an environment of the energy storage module and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The carrier element is arranged between the second surface of the cooling element and the energy storage module and configured to transfer heat from the energy storage module in direction to the environment. The cooling element includes at least one humidity absorbent material to increase a heat capacity of the cooling element.

Abstract: A method for producing a multi-part cooling plate may including joining a flat component and a channel component. The flat component and the channel component may be formed from aluminum. The method may include forming a coolant conducting channel structure. Following the joining of the flat component with the channel component, the cooling plate may be cold worked, which may increase the strength and the flatness of the cooling plate.

Abstract: An electric automotive vehicle gross vehicle rating of greater than 10,000 pounds includes an electric powertrain connected to the frame and positioned at a base of the frame. The vehicle includes a first central axis, and the weight of the electric powertrain is centered about the first central axis. All drivetrain components of the vehicle other than the electric powertrain may be positioned above the base of the electric powertrain. The vehicle includes two electric drive units configured to drive the front and rear axles respectively. The electric drive units consist of an electric motor, motor controller, two speed electrically actuated gearbox, electrically actuated park lock, and electrically actuated locking differential. The drive units transmit power to inboard mounted brakes, which in turn are connected by constant velocity driveshaft to the wheel hubs where a further final gear reduction resides.

Abstract: A temperature-control device of an energy store, e.g., in a motor vehicle, is disclosed. The temperature-control device includes a first circuit, in which a first heat transfer unit and the energy store to be temperature-controlled are arranged and connected to one another in a heat-transferring manner via a first heat transfer medium, and a second circuit, in which a second heat transfer unit and the first heat transfer unit are arranged and connected to one another in a heat-transferring manner via a second heat transfer medium. In at least one line of the first circuit and/or at least one line of the second circuit a predetermined breaking point and/or a predetermined bending point is arranged which upon a predefined force effect interrupts a flow of fluid therethrough.

Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated thermal management system for a vehicle including a refrigerant flow line extending to allow a refrigerant discharged from a compressor to flow in the order of an indoor condenser, an external condenser, and an evaporator and to flow back to the compressor, a refrigerant chiller line branching from the refrigerant flow line at each of the points downstream of the compressor, the indoor condenser, or the external condenser, the refrigerant chiller line joining the refrigerant flow line at a point upstream of the compressor after the refrigerant passes through a battery chiller and an electric chiller or bypasses the same, a battery cooling line extending to allow a coolant to circulate while passing through a battery radiator or the battery chiller, and an electric cooling line extending to allow a coolant to circulate while passing through an electric radiator or the electric chiller.

Abstract: A battery cooling plate includes a first plate and a second plate that are joined together at their respective edges, and are spaced apart to define a coolant volume therebetween. Turbulating inserts can be arranged side-by-side within the coolant volume and multiple rods can extend through the turbulating inserts to at least partially define flow barriers between coolant flow channels. A fluid manifold for the battery cooling plate includes a non-planar wall that extends along a length-wise direction of the fluid manifold to separate a fluid volume into a first portion and a second portion. A series of apertures are arranged along the length-wise direction and successive ones of the apertures are fluidly connected to the first portion and to the second portion in alternating sequence.

Abstract: Phased array antennas, such as a multi-function aperture, are limited in performance and reliability by traditional air-cooled thermal management systems. A fuel-cooled multi-function aperture passes engine fuel through channels within the ribs of the multi-function aperture to provide better heat transfer than can be achieved through air cooled systems. The increased heat transfer and thermal management results in a multi-function aperture with improved performance and reliability.

Abstract: Ultrasound devices and systems are disclosed in which cooling of an active acoustic element of an ultrasound transducer is achieved via an electrically conductive member that extends beyond a proximal side of the active acoustic element to contact a heat exchanger. The electrically conductive member delivers electrical driving signals to the active acoustic element while conducting heat to the heat exchanger. A region of the proximal surface of the active acoustic element that is free from contact with the electrically conductive member may also absent from contact with a liquid or a solid, thereby facilitating reflection of ultrasound energy. The heat exchanger may include an electrically insulating fluid that contacts the electrically conductive member to remove the heat conducted through the electrically conductive member. The active acoustic element may be a multilayer lateral mode element, and the electrically conductive member may form an electrode of the lateral mode element.

Abstract: A tight-fit riveting structure for a clustered radiation fin set and a heat pipe and a riveting method include a radiation fin set formed by locking a plurality of radiation fins together and at least one heat pipe. The radiation fin set has an accommodation slot for accommodating the heat pipe. The heat pipe is positioned in the accommodation slot for a tight fit by subjecting two sides of the accommodation slot of the radiation fin set to a riveting operation. First riveting and deforming portions defined on two sides of a communication mouth of the accommodation slot are riveted towards a surface of the heat pipe, which causes the deformation of the first riveting and deforming portions whereby the heat pipe is clamped in a tight fit manner.

Abstract: A fluid heat exchanger with pump, adapted to drive a fluid for heat transfer, comprises a heat conduction unit, a diversion unit, and a housing unit. The heat conduction unit includes a heat conductor. The diversion unit includes a cover and a diversion plate. A cooling chamber is defined by the cover and the heat conductor. The cover is provided with a fluid stopper. The diversion plate is disposed in the cooling chamber, and one end of the diversion plate abuts against the fluid stopper, so that the cooling chamber is divided into an upper passage and a lower passage. The housing unit includes a housing and a pump module. The fluid in the housing is driven by the pump module to flow through the upper passage to the lower passage, and then the fluid returns to the housing to carry the heat from the heat conductor.

Abstract: A heat management system including a refrigerant circulation line including a compressor, a water-cooling condenser, an air-cooling condenser, a first expansion valve, an evaporator, a refrigerant heat exchanger, and a gas/liquid separator that discharges only a liquid refrigerant, and cooling an indoor place by circulating a refrigerant; a heating line for heating the indoor place by circulating, through the water-cooling condenser, cooling water that exchanges heat with the refrigerant; and a cooling line for cooling a battery and an electrical component by circulating air or cooling water that exchanges heat with the refrigerant. Therefore, the present invention can not only cool and heat a vehicle but also efficiently manage heat for an electrical component and a battery in a vehicle, and can reduce the number of constituent components for heating and cooling.

Abstract: A multilayer heat sink including a heat-receiving layer, a channel layer including cooling micropaths extending and directing a fluid in a direction orthogonal to a stacking direction, an orifice layer including jet orifices configured to jet the fluid into the cooling micropaths, and drain orifices configured to drain the fluid from the cooling micropaths, a header layer including a peripheral wall and a baffle, and a bottom layer, wherein the baffle includes parallel plates disposed parallel to each other, and end plates configured to alternately close an opening at an end and an opening at an opposite end of the parallel plates, and the orifice layer, the bottom layer, the baffle, and the peripheral wall define a supply channel to guide the fluid from a fluid inlet to the jet orifices and a drain channel to guide the fluid from the drain orifices to a fluid outlet.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to noise suppression vertical curtain apparatus for heat exchanger units. In one implementation, a heat exchanger unit includes a frame having a plurality of side regions and at least one cooler associated with at least one of the plurality of side regions. The heat exchanger unit also includes a vertical axis, an internal volume, a floor, and a fan disposed above the floor to move air through the internal volume. The heat exchanger unit also includes a first set of panels disposed between the floor and the fan, and a vertical curtain disposed between the first set of panels and the fan.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a heat absorbing member being provided with a first accommodating chamber for accommodating a working medium and a mounting hole in communication with the first accommodating chamber; and a valve installed in the mounting hole. The valve is adjustable between a first state and a second state to change the first accommodating chamber between a closed state and an open state. When the first accommodating chamber is in the open state, the first accommodating chamber is in fluid communication with outside so that the working medium can be injected into or discharged from the first accommodating chamber, so as to adjust the amount of the working medium in the first accommodating chamber. Thus, the heat dissipation device is applicable to various applications with different heat dissipating requirements.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a thermal management device includes a heat sink base and heat sink fins comprising a single element formed from a plurality of graphene layers with carbon nanotubes interposed between the graphene layers. A method is also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A vehicular heat management system for individually cooling and heating a plurality of air conditioning regions of a vehicle includes a plurality of refrigerant circulation lines configured to cool and heat the air conditioning regions individually shared by the refrigerant circulation lines. The refrigerant circulation lines are provided with one or more air conditioning units for individually cooling and heating the respective air conditioning regions, and are configured to supply a refrigerant to the corresponding air conditioning units to individually cool and heat the air conditioning regions corresponding to the air conditioning units.

Abstract: Methods and systems for energy storage and management are provided. In various embodiments, heat pumps, heat engines and pumped heat energy storage systems and methods of operating the same are provided. In some embodiments, methods include controlling thermal properties of a working fluid by virtue of the timing of the operation of cylinder valves. Methods and systems for controlling mass flow rates and charging and discharging power independent of working fluid temperature and system state-of-charge are also provided.