Abstract: A traction battery assembly, includes a thermal exchange frame configured to communicate a coolant that manages thermal energy levels within a traction battery pack, and an plurality of busbars held by the thermal exchange frame. A thermal management method includes moving a coolant through a thermal exchange frame to manage thermal energy levels of a battery array, and holding a plurality of busbars with the thermal exchange frame.

Abstract: A sorption heat pump having an evaporator containing a working fluid to evaporate the fluid to produce a gas, a sorber containing a sorption material to sorb the gas during a sorption phase, a vapor pathway connecting the evaporator and sorber, and a thermal control unit controlling the rate of vapor flow between the evaporator and sorber through the pathway, and being selectively operable to permit, stop and restart the flow of gas through the pathway. The pump may be used with a compartment storing temperature sensitive material. The evaporator may be positioned inside and the sorber outside the compartment, or the sorber may be positioned inside and the evaporator outside the compartment. The pump may be used in an apparatus including both cool and warm compartments, with an insulation layer in each. A method is disclosed for reusing the pump after the sorption material has been sorbed.

Abstract: A structured packing bed for a column is provided. The structured packing bed comprises at least two layers stacked vertically above each other, and at least two of the layers each comprise at least one structured cross-channel packing element having a specific surface area of 60 to 500 m2/m3 and a height of 50 to less than 150 mm. At least 50% of the structured cross-channel packing elements are a block comprising a plurality of sheets with periodic deformations. The sheets are arranged in a longitudinal direction parallel and in touching contact with each other such that an open space is provided between them. Adjacent sheets are oriented such that their deformations intersect in crisscross fashion with each other, and a structured cross-channel packing element of a layer is rotated with regard to a structured cross-channel packing element of an adjacent layer by 70 to 110°.

Abstract: A heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning unit (10) for a car is specified, having a first air guide (22) for guiding a first, cold air stream and having a second air guide (24) for guiding a second, warm air stream which is separate from the first air stream, wherein a heating device (26) for warming the second air stream is arranged in the second air guide (24). The heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning unit (10) furthermore has a first mixing chamber (28) and a second mixing chamber (30), wherein the first mixing chamber (28) and the second air guide (24) each have at least one inlet opening (32, 34) to the second mixing chamber (30).

Abstract: A precooling device integrated with a cooling distribution unit and a server liquid cooling system are provided. The precooling device includes a liquid cooling row, an adapter assembly, and a cooling distribution unit. The adapter assembly includes a flow joining row and a flow distribution row. The cooling distribution unit supplies a refrigerant from an interior thereof, and includes an outlet and an inlet communicating with the interior. The outlet communicates with the flow distribution row of the adapter assembly to deliver the refrigerant for heat exchange. The refrigerant being performed the heat exchange returns to the liquid cooling row through the flow joining row of the adapter assembly for precooling, and then returns from the liquid cooling row to the cooling distribution unit through the inlet. The refrigerant is precooled before returning to the cooling distribution unit.

Abstract: A thermal management system is provided for a vehicle that includes a traction battery. The thermal management system includes refrigerant and cooling subsystems. The cooling subsystem includes a cabin coolant loop that provides thermal management of a passenger cabin of the vehicle, a battery coolant loop that provides thermal management of the traction battery and a drivetrain coolant loop that provides thermal management of a drivetrain and power electronics of the vehicle. The cabin, battery and the drivetrain coolant loops are interconnected via coolant proportional valves and fluid lines.

Abstract: A heat sink assembly for a cage for a field replaceable computing module includes a heat sink, a thermal interface material (TIM), and an actuation assembly. The heat sink includes a mating surface. The TIM includes a first surface that is coupled to the mating surface and a second surface that is opposite the first surface. Thus, the second surface can engage a heat transfer surface of a field replaceable computing module installed adjacent the heat sink. The actuation assembly includes a shape memory alloy (SMA) element. When the SMA element is in a first position, the second surface of the TIM contacts the heat transfer surface of the computing module. When the SMA element moves to a second position, the second surface of the TIM is moved a distance away from the heat transfer surface of the computing module.

Abstract: Certain embodiments of an indoor unit (e.g., an indoor unit for a heat pump system) include: a housing comprising an exit-point on a wall-side of the housing, the exit point comprising a refrigerant line and the housing having a height of less than 11 inches; a heat-exchanger connected to the refrigerant line, wherein a portion of the refrigerant line that is external to the heat exchanger, and that runs internal to the housing and between the heat exchanger and an outdoor unit, runs substantially within a height-depth plane of the housing prior to exiting the housing and traverses less than 25% of a width of the housing; and a fan, wherein the indoor unit is configured to exchange at least 8000 BTUs/hour with a room and wherein the indoor unit produces a noise of 48 dBA or less.

Abstract: A temperature regulating apparatus can comprise a housing, an intake fan, an outlet fan, and one or more canisters containing a pressurized cooling gas, such as carbon dioxide, freon, nitrogen, difluoroethane, trifluoroethane, or tetrafluoroethane, positioned within the housing. The inlet fan draws warm air from outside of the housing into the housing through vent openings formed in the housing. Cooling gas is released from the canisters when a temperature sensing device detects the ambient temperature is above a predetermined desired temperature, and the outlet fan blows cooled air out of the housing through the vent openings, whereby the ambient temperature outside of the housing can be cooled to the predetermined desired temperature.

Abstract: A heat exchanging assembly, comprising a heat exchanger core body. The heat exchanger core body comprises first-type plates and second-type plates; each first-type plate has a first orifice, a second orifice, and a third orifice; each second-type plate has a first orifice and a second orifice; along the length or width direction of the heat exchange core body, the third orifice is located between the first orifice and the second orifice; a first flow channel has a first partial fluid path, a second partial fluid path, a third partial fluid path, and an inter-plate path; the first partial fluid path is formed at the first orifice; the second partial fluid path is formed at the second orifice; and the inter-plate path is communicated with the first partial fluid path, the second partial fluid path, and the third partial fluid path.

Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for hybrid heat spreading and heating, comprising: a heating element and a heat exchanger proximate to the heating element, wherein the apparatus is configured to be thermally coupled to an IC device that is configured to operate above a minimum operating temperature. The heating element is configured to: power on when the ambient temperature is below the minimum operating temperature and the IC device is not powered on and power off after the IC device is powered on. The heat exchanger is configured to conduct heat from the heating element to the IC device when the heater is powered on, such that the IC device is heated to a temperature above the minimum operating temperature and conduct heat away from the IC device when the IC device is powered on.

Abstract: This disclosure provides an outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus with improved reliability. The outdoor unit (1000) includes a housing whose inside is divided into a fan chamber (110) and a machine chamber (120). A compressor and a reactor that are heat-generating components are provided in a lower area of the machine chamber (120). An electric board (50) including a printed circuit board (51) and an electric component (52), and an electric component box (10) constituted by an inner box (11) and an outer box (12) and accommodating the electric board are provided above the heat-generating components. A lower face of the inner box (first thermal insulation plate) and a lower face of the outer box (second thermal insulation plate) constitute a double thermal insulation plate (10a).

Abstract: A cooling device for cooling a fluid includes first and second bodies each having a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis, an inner face, an outer face, and two side faces connecting the inner and outer faces. When the first and second bodies are assembled together with the respective inner faces facing one another, the inner faces together define a cylindrical chamber with a cylinder axis that extends parallel to the longitudinal axes, with the cylindrical chamber having a first radius and extending substantially entirely around the cylinder axis in a circumferential direction, for receiving a container with a cylindrical portion having the first radius. Each of the first and second bodies is solid and is formed using a material or alloy with a thermal conductivity of at least 75 Wm?1K?1 when at zero degrees Fahrenheit that extends substantially uniformly throughout substantially the entire body.

Abstract: Thermal control devices and methods to provide improved control, speed and efficiency in temperature cycling are provided herein. Such thermal control device and methods can include one or more active elements, such a thermoelectric cooler device, that is controlled by an algorithm that regulates a temperature distribution of an adjacent reaction-vessel according to a temperature distribution command trajectory and estimated reaction-vessel temperature distribution. Some embodiments include two active elements that are bilaterally applied to opposing sides of the reaction-vessel. In some embodiments, the estimated reaction-vessel temperature is determined based on a state of power electronics of the element and a temperature output of one or more sensors of a portion of the element and/or an ambient environment of the reaction-vessel. Methods of calibration of such systems utilizing a thermal calibrator as a proxy for the reaction-vessel are also provided herein.

Abstract: A cold storage includes a box with an opening at front, a frame bordering the opening, a sliding door attached to the frame and including, in at least one of a left-side end portion and a right-side end portion, a drain channel extending vertically, and a porous body with water permeability, the porous body being attached to an upper surface of the sliding door to establish fluid communication with the drain channel.

Abstract: An air mixing system for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a conduit configured to receive a first airflow and a second airflow and to discharge the first airflow and the second airflow as a mixed airflow via an outlet of the conduit. The air mixing system also includes a thermal wheel disposed within the conduit. The thermal wheel is configured to direct the first airflow and the second airflow thereacross, rotate within the conduit, and transfer heat between the first airflow and the second airflow.

Abstract: An aluminum fin material includes an aluminum plate, an erosion-resistant coating layer on a surface of the aluminum plate, and a hydrophilic coating layer formed on a surface of the erosion-resistant coating layer. The erosion-resistant coating layer contains an acrylic resin and fluororesin particles, an amount of the erosion-resistant coating layer is 0.05 mg/dm2 or more and 8.00 mg/dm2 or less, and a content of the fluororesin particles in the erosion-resistant coating layer is 0.05 mass % or more and 8.00 mass % or less.

Abstract: A smart flow rate control system includes a cabinet, liquid cooling rear door, liquid cooling pipeline, temperature sensing device and flow rate control device. The liquid cooling rear door includes a door frame and a rear door cooling pipeline. The rear door cooling pipeline is mounted inside the door frame. The liquid cooling pipeline includes an admitting three-way valve, admitting branch pipe, discharging three-way valve and discharging branch pipe. The admitting three-way valve receives cooling liquid and delivers it to the admitting branch pipe and rear door inlet. The discharging three-way valve receives the cooling liquid from the rear door outlet and discharging branch pipe, respectively, and discharges it. The flow rate control device determines the flow ratio of the rear door cooling pipeline according to the temperature sensed. The smart flow rate control system overcomes drawbacks about removal of hot air current generated by servers.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a colored radiative cooling device that includes a selective heat transfer layer between a spectral selective filter and a thermal emitter, and a method of cooling an object by using the colored radiative cooling device.

Abstract: An air-conditioning panel includes: a regenerative absorber having an absorbent liquid that absorbs a vapor refrigerant or an adsorbent agent that adsorbs the vapor refrigerant and discharging the vapor refrigerant absorbed by heating with sunlight; a condenser configured to liquefy the vapor refrigerant discharged from the regenerative absorber into a liquid refrigerant; and an evaporator configured to evaporate the liquid refrigerant from the condenser. The regenerative absorber and the condenser are formed on one surface side of the panel exposed to sunlight. The evaporator is formed on the other surface side of the panel. A first portion of the panel corresponding to the regenerative absorber is processed to have a solar absorptivity of 80% or more and a far-infrared emissivity of 80% or more. A second portion of the panel corresponding to the condenser is processed to have a solar reflectance of 80% or more.