Abstract: A system for removing heat includes a sealed container, and an evaporator, housed within the sealed container. The evaporator includes an evaporator inlet, a plurality of evaporator outlet ports and a plurality of tubes, each tube connecting the evaporator inlet with a tube outlet to the sealed container. The system further includes a condenser, also housed within the sealed container, having a plurality of condenser inlet ports from the sealed container, a condenser outlet and closed condenser channels connecting the condenser inlet ports with the condenser outlet. The system further includes a conduit joining the condenser outlet to the evaporator inlet.

Abstract: An apparatus may have a multilayered support base having a structural section made up of operating components and a function support section. The function support section may have transmission paths and components to supply thermal, power transmission, information and communication paths, along with other functions. At least some of the components may be heat generating and may have a thermal interface surface which may be in operating and heat conductive relationship with a heat conductive substrate/routing section which may have operative connections to the multilayered support base. Some of the components may transmit and receive with one another through the substrate/routing section.

Abstract: A thermoelectric generation system for turbine engines and the like has at least one thermoelectric generator disposed proximate the turbine engine such that waste heat from the turbine engine can be converted into electricity. Vehicle performance and efficiency can be enhanced by mitigating the need for mechanically driven electric power generators, which undesirably drain power from the turbine engine thus adversely affect the vehicle's performance.

Abstract: A device and method for generating electricity. The device includes a heat source, a cold source, and a thermoelectric generating plate, having a first side and an opposed side. When heat is introduced to the heat source, heat flows across the thermoelectric generating plate and electricity is generated. In the present arrangement, because the hot and cold sources are in thermal communication with opposed sides of the thermoelectric generating plate, the thermal gradient or rate of heat flow across the thermoelectric generating plate is maximized. Thus, because the rate of heat flow is increased, the rate at which electricity is generated is also increased, and the size of the device is maintained, or minimized.

Abstract: A system and method for removing heat, in particular for removing heat from a multi-chip module or integrated circuit. The system is a closed system and includes a sealed container, and an evaporator, housed within the sealed container. The evaporator is in thermal communication with a heat source, and includes an evaporator inlet, a plurality of evaporator outlet ports and a plurality of tubes, each tube connecting the evaporator inlet with a tube outlet, each tube containing at least one substance. The system further includes a condenser, also housed within the sealed container, having a plurality of condenser inlet ports, a condenser outlet and closed condenser channels connecting the condenser inlet ports with the condenser outlet. The system further includes a conduit joining the condenser outlet to the evaporator inlet. When the substance is in liquid form in the evaporator inlet, it is in thermal communication with the heat source.

Abstract: A system and method by which specialized components (tenants) are mounted to an assembly comprising a plurality of modular units. Each modular unit has one or more interface connecting locations for one or more of a power connection, a thermal connection and data base connection, along with one or more of power, thermal and data transmission paths. Modular units can be united in an assembly, and at least some of the modular units have a switching system to selectively transmit and/or receive one or more of power, thermal and data transmissions.

Abstract: A filter membrane includes a substrate, a polymer layer provided on the substrate and a plurality of filter openings each having a width of from about 2 nanometers to about 5 nanometers provided in the polymer layer. A method of controlling pore size of a filter membrane and a method of decontaminating a filter membrane are also disclosed.

Abstract: An electrical conductor is described that includes a plurality of nano-scale material elements and a resin matrix, wherein the nano-scale material elements are aligned within the resin matrix. A method for fabricating such a conductor is also described.

Abstract: The invention discloses differing embodiments of integrated solar cells and battery devices, in addition to disclosing methods of distributing energy. In one embodiment of the invention, an integrated solar cell and battery device may include a top layer, a middle layer, and a bottom layer. The top, middle, and bottom layers may be made of Nanoscale material, and may comprise sublayers. The top layer may include one or more solar cells, while the bottom layer may include a battery. The middle layer may direct thermal energy from the top layer to the bottom layer. The device may also include one or more electronic circuits adapted to control electrical charge along one or more paths between the solar cells and the battery. The Nanoscale materials of the top, middle, and bottom layers may comprise a plurality of Nanotubes or a plurality of Nanowires.