Abstract: A plug for isolating a wellbore. The plug can include a body having a first end and a second end, wherein the body is formed from one or more composite materials and adapted to receive a setting tool through the first end thereof, at least one malleable element disposed about the body, at least one slip disposed about the body, at least one conical member disposed about the body, and one or more shearable threads disposed on an inner surface of the body, adjacent the second end thereof, wherein the one or more shearable threads are adapted to receive at least a portion of a setting tool that enters the body through the first end thereof, and wherein the one or more shearable threads are adapted to engage the setting tool when disposed through the body and adapted to release the setting tool when exposed to a predetermined axial force.

Abstract: A thermal diffuser includes a plurality of thermally-conductive plates, each of which has a strip-like shape. The plurality of thermally-conductive plates is laminated onto one another in a plate-thickness direction of the strip-like shape to form a laminated body. Each of the plurality of thermally-conductive plates has thermal conductivities in a longitudinal direction and in a width direction of the strip-like shape better than a thermal conductivity in the plate-thickness direction. The thermally-conductive plates has sides, each of which extends in the longitudinal direction. The laminated body is formed such that the sides of the thermally-conductive plates form a plate surface of the laminated body, which surface extends in the plate-thickness direction that serves as a lamination direction, in which the thermally-conductive plates of the laminated body are laminated. A direction perpendicular to the plate surface corresponds to a thickness direction of the laminated body.

Abstract: A surface cooler is provided and includes an oil layer through which oil flows, fins extending into an air flow pathway and being disposed at a first side of the oil layer in heat transfer communication with the oil, an acoustic lining to reduce noise present in or transmitted by the air flow pathway, which is disposed at a second side of the oil layer opposite the first side and noise transfer tubes extending through the oil layer to transfer the noise present in or transmitted by the air flow pathway to the acoustic lining.

Abstract: A coating is adapted to be applied to a substrate for managing the flow of heat traveling through the substrate. The coating comprises an array of metal nano-particles held in a glassy matrix.

Abstract: One or more systems for silencing and extracting waste heat from exhaust of a combustion system for performing an operation and using the waste heat to perform an additional operation are provided herein. The system can include a heat recovery silencer. An inner housing of the heat recovery silencer can be in fluid communication with a combustion system. A heat recovery flow path of the heat recovery silencer can have an outlet port in fluid communication with an auxiliary device inlet, and the heat recovery flow path can have an inlet in fluid communication with an axially device outlet of the auxiliary device.

Abstract: Temperature control device (20) for an NMR sample tube (22), wherein multiple interleaved, concentric flow channels (28, 31; 40, 41, 42; 50, 51) for temperature control fluid extending coaxially with respect to a cylindrical interior space (21) for holding the NMR sample tube are constituted around said interior space (21), wherein said temperature control device is constituted such that it is closed toward the interior space in an axial end region (26) and, an axial end region (23) at the opposite end thereto, open to the interior space for inserting the NMR sample tube into said interior space (21), wherein, in a counter flow region (GB), adjacent flow channels (28, 31; 40, 41, 42; 51) are interconnected through a fluid passage (34, 43, 44) at one axial end in such a way that the direction of a fluid flow in the flow channels of the counter flow region is reversed with respect to the corresponding adjacent flow channel in the counter flow region, wherein the outermost flow channel (28; 51) of the counter fl

Abstract: A thermal shield and method for thermally cooling a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system are provided. One thermal shield includes a cooling tube forming a frame. The cooling tube is configured to receive therethrough cryogen fluid from a cryogen vessel of an MRI system. The thermal shield further includes at least one thermal control layer surrounding the frame and together with the frame is configured to provide thermal shielding of the MRI system.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal transfer sheet that has good heat resistance and slip property, and prevents the occurrence of tailing upon printing to achieve good printing even in high-speed printing. A thermal transfer sheet including: a base material; a color material layer on one surface of the base material; and a heat resistant slipping layer on the other surface of the base material, wherein the heat resistant slipping layer includes a polyamide resin, a silicone-modified polyamide resin, and an ethoxylated alcohol-modified wax.

Abstract: A cooling system for a hot gas path component is disclosed. The cooling system may include a component layer and a cover layer. The component layer may include a first inner surface and a second outer surface. The second outer surface may define a plurality of channels. The component layer may further define a plurality of passages extending generally between the first inner surface and the second outer surface. Each of the plurality of channels may be fluidly connected to at least one of the plurality of passages. The cover layer may be situated adjacent the second outer surface of the component layer. The plurality of passages may be configured to flow a cooling medium to the plurality of channels and provide impingement cooling to the cover layer. The plurality of channels may be configured to flow cooling medium therethrough, cooling the cover layer.

Abstract: A heat transfer reduction apparatus and method for an article is disclosed that includes a first surrounding sidewall having a first base and an opposite first closure. The first sidewall, base, and closure all define a first interior, wherein a portion of the first sidewall is in contact with a first portion of the article. Also, a second surrounding sidewall that has a second base and an opposite second closure. The second sidewall, base, and closure all define a second interior, wherein a portion of the second sidewall is in contact with a second portion of the article. Further, a moldable insulating material is disposed within the first and second interiors. The first and second sidewalls form a separable clamshell interface to one another forming about the article first and second portions. Also included is structure for retaining the first and second sidewalls to one another at the clamshell interface.

Abstract: A heat exchanger (10) for a water heater. The heat exchanger (10) has a first part (12) and second part (14). A heat exchanging medium flows through the first and second parts. The majority of the length of the first part (12) is in direct heat exchanging contact with a substance to be heated and the majority of the length of the second part (14) is encased in an insulative material or substantially thermally isolated from the substance to be heated.

Abstract: A cooling device includes a heat sink having a top plate, a bottom plate spaced from the top plate and fins between the top and bottom plates, a first metal member laminated to the side of the top plate that is opposite from the fins, and a first insulator laminated to the first metal member. The top plate, the bottom plate and the first metal member are each made of a clad metal that is composed of a base metal and a brazing metal, so that the fins are brazed to the top and bottom plates, the first metal member is brazed to the top plate, and the first insulator is brazed to the first metal member.

Abstract: A device for heating process water for a water-carrying household appliance is provided. The device stores thermal energy surrounding the device and transfers the thermal energy to the process water. The device is a latent heat energy store having a heat exchanger with a storage medium and a working medium. The storage medium stores the thermal energy and the temperature of a phase transition of the working medium is set between 20° C. and 22° C.

Abstract: A vehicle HVAC system comprises an evaporator, a heater core, a variable airflow control device, and a baffle positioned downstream of the evaporator. The baffle has a geometrical configuration, e.g., apertures sufficient to prevent the formation of vortex like airflow patterns near the downstream side of the baffle when the HVAC system is in use.

Abstract: An aircraft heat exchanger that exchanges heat between fluid, like air, to be warmed and a medium, like a liquid, to be cooled has a first path that encounters the fluid to be warmed and carries the medium at a first temperature. A second path carries the medium at a second temperature adjacent to the first path. An insulation gap is disposed between the first path and the second path so that heat exchange between the first and second path is minimized.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal conductive cylinder installed with U-type core piping and loop piping for being installed within natural thermal storage body or artifical thermal storage body; wherein the piping segments of fluid inlet terminal and/or outlet terminal of the U-type core piping and loop piping are directly made of thermal insulating material, or thermal insulating structure is installed between the inlet terminal and the outlet terminal; so as to prevent thermal energy loss between adjacent piping segments on the same side when thermal conductive fluid with temperature difference passing through.

Abstract: A heat exchanger bed is formed from a cascade of at least three different magnetocaloric materials with different Curie temperatures, which are arranged in succession by ascending or descending Curie temperature and are preferably isolated from one another by intermediate thermal and/or electrical insulators, the difference in the Curie temperatures of adjacent magnetocaloric materials being 0.5 to 6° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchange fin, particularly for cooling, consisting of a strip (30) comprising a first heat-exchange zone (18), intended to collaborate with tubes of a first heat exchanger, and a second heat-exchange zone (20), intended to collaborate with tubes of a second heat exchanger. According to the invention, said strip comprises a zone of weakness (22) able to allow it to be parted into a first element (64) comprising said first heat-exchange zone (18) and a second element (66) comprising said second heat-exchange zone (20). The invention also relates to a heat-exchange module comprising such a fin and to a method of producing such a module.

Abstract: The present teachings disclose various embodiments of a thermal block assembly having low thermal non-uniformity throughout the thermal block assembly. Accordingly, various embodiments of thermal block assemblies having such low thermal non-uniformity provide for desired performance of bioanalysis instrumentation utilizing such thermal block assemblies.

Abstract: In the method according to the invention, the discrete electric component to be cooled is connected to the cooling element without a circuit board or substrate. In the method, a layer of insulating material is thermally sprayed on one surface of the cooling element. The connection points and conductors required by the discrete electric component are formed on top of this insulating layer. The discrete electric component is glued onto the insulating layer. Subsequently, the electrical connections for the discrete component are made. After the discrete component has been electrically connected, it can still be protected using a layer of thermally sprayed insulating material.

Abstract: A cover ferrule is provided, including a hexagonally shaped head portion, a joint shield portion provided at an upper surface of the head portion, and a stein portion extending downwardly from a first end proximate a lower surface of the head portion to an opposed second end thereof. The joint shield portion includes a central opening, coaxially aligned with respect to central openings of the head and stem portions and with a central axis of the cover ferrule, and a plurality of extension members extending radially outwardly with respect to the central axis of the cover ferrule and defining arc portions connecting respectively adjacent extension members of the joint shield portion.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide for the dissipation of heat from semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) structures. In one embodiment, a method for fabricating an integrated circuit is disclosed. In a first step, active circuitry is formed in an active layer of a SOI wafer. In a second step, substrate material is removed from a substrate layer disposed on a back side of the SOI wafer. In a third step, insulator material is removed from the back side of the SOI wafer to form an excavated insulator region. In a fourth step, a thermal dissipation layer is deposited on said excavated insulator region. The thermal dissipation layer is thermally conductive and electrically insulating.

Abstract: An arrangement for guiding a medium, preferably compressed, gaseous hydrogen, is described. The arrangement encompasses a medium line, a cooling medium return line which surrounds the medium line, and a cooling medium feed line. The cooling medium return line and the cooling medium feed line are hereby preferably arranged in direct heat contact. The arrangement can furthermore be surrounded by a jacket tube.

Abstract: The present invention provides for nanostructures grown on a conducting or insulating substrate, and a method of making the same. The nanostructures grown according to the claimed method are suitable for interconnects and/or as heat dissipators in electronic devices.

Abstract: A short, compact heat exchanger is disclosed to include an inner tube, an intermediate tube and an outer tube concentrically arranged together to form a triple-tube structure, a thermal fluid flowing through the intermediate tube, a heat-transfer medium flowing through the outer tube and the inner tube to make heat exchange with the thermal fluid. If the thermal fluid can be a refrigerant and the heat-transfer medium can be room temperature water so that the heat exchanger can be used in an air-conditioning refrigerating system to substitute for a condenser or evaporator.

Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for cooling and/or heating a structure. Generally, a system for heating or cooling a structure can include at least one thermosiphon in thermal communication with a thermal storage material such as a volume of earth. The thermosiphon can be partially filled with a heat transfer fluid and a heat exchanger operatively connected to the thermosiphon which is in thermal communication with the structure. Thermal energy can be transferred between the thermal storage material and the structure in either a passive or assisted mode, depending on whether the system is charging or in use.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an heat transfer device that includes a shell; the shell being an enclosure that prevents matter from within the shell from being exchanged with matter outside the shell; the shell having an outer surface and an inner surface; and a particle layer disposed on the inner surface of the shell; the particle layer having a thickness effective to enclose a region for transferring a fluid between opposing faces; the particle layer including a first layer and a second layer; the second layer being disposed upon the first layer; the first layer having average particle sizes of about 10 to about 10,000,000 nanometers; the second layer having average particle sizes of about 10 to about 10,000 nanometers.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tube sheet assembly for a waste heat boiler employed in a chemical process plant and which makes use of metal ferrules for protecting the inlets of the exchange tubes of the tube sheet. The tube sheet assembly includes at least one thermal insulator which is located inside an inlet opening of a tube sheet of the tube sheet assembly, and which covers a portion of a respective ferrule of the tube sheet assembly, thereby providing thermal insulation between the tube sheet and the ferrule.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-channel flat tube for heat exchangers that contains at least two channels extending along its length and arranged essentially adjacent to each other along its width passable by fluid, or at least two channel sections formed by one or several of said channels, whereby between the channels or the channel sections over the length of the flat tube one region of reduced heat transmission in each case is provided, characterized by that the region of reduced heat transmission is defined by a connecting web and isolating channels arranged on both sides of the connecting web. The transverse heat conduction within the flat tube is reduced by this arrangement.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating steam within a heat exchanger. In one aspect, the invention can be a heat exchanger comprising: a shell having an inner surface forming a cavity, the shell comprising an inlet for introducing the shell-side liquid into the cavity and an outlet for allowing the vapor to exit the cavity; a tube bundle comprising a plurality of tubes for carrying a tube-side fluid located in the cavity and having a longitudinal axis; a shroud circumferentially surrounding the tube bundle and positioned between the tube bundle and the inner surface of the shell so that an annular space exists between the shroud and the inner surface; an opening in a bottom portion of the shroud that forms a passageway between the annular space and the tube bundle; and an opening in a top portion of the shroud that forms a passageway between the annular space and the tube bundle.

Abstract: A thermally insulated structure comprises a conduit and an end cap that is coupled to the conduit. In especially preferred aspects, the conduit is insulated with a first and second insulation material, wherein the end cap is coupled to the conduit and the second insulation material, and wherein the first insulation material is disposed between the conduit and the second insulation material. It is further preferred that the end cap has a thermal dissipation zone that allows use of the second flexible and fluid resistant isolation material isolation without thermal degradation, even where the temperature in the conduit exceeds 500° F., or more.

Abstract: A sound-abating flow disruptor quiets a PTAC refrigerant system by disturbing the airflow between an energized electric heater and an adjacent fan wheel. In some embodiments, the flow disruptor is a perforated metal plate that attenuates a whistle, which appears to be caused by vortex shedding in the confined area between the energized heater and the fan. In some cases, the heater comprises selectively energizable heating elements of various wattage. The heating elements closest to the fan wheel are the lower wattage ones to minimize the heat near the fan.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus with high strength and good heat radiation characteristics. In the cooling apparatus, a heat exchanger is joined to an evaporator disposed on the lower side in a face to face manner; a containing unit of the heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger high temperature liquid outlet, and a two-phase fluid inlet in a joint portion with the evaporator; an outlet header of the heat exchanger includes an intermediate liquid outlet at a joint portion with the evaporator; and the evaporator includes a two-phase fluid outlet in the joint portion with the heat exchanger in opposition to the two-phase fluid inlet of the containing unit, and including an intermediate liquid inlet at the joint portion with the heat exchanger in opposition to the intermediate liquid outlet of the outlet header.

Abstract: For heating or cooling a sample contained in a vessel portion through a heat transfer member held in contact with the vessel portion, there is used the vessel portion, which has a part formed of an elastic member, expands and contracts for injection and discharge of the sample, is closed other than a connecting port with a channel connected to the vessel, and expands and contracts for injection and discharge of the sample. The vessel portion expands correspondingly to the injection when the sample is injected through an inflow path serving as the channel into the vessel portion contracting in a non-contacting state with the heat transfer member. A predetermined amount of sample is injected into the vessel portion so as to expand the vessel portion, and the vessel portion comes into contact with the heat transfer member. The vessel portion is heated or cooled through the heat transfer member.

Abstract: A thermal cycling apparatus 9 and process includes at least one reaction vessel 14 which is associated with a thermoelectric cooler 12 (TEC), such as a Peltier cell, and arranged to provide both heating and cooling of the reaction vessel. A first side of the TEC 12 is associated with the at least one reaction vessel 14 and a second side of the TEC is arranged in use to be maintained at a temperature intermediate the highest temperature and the lowest temperature used in a thermal cycling operation. Electric current is supplied to the TEC 12 in one direction whereby the said first side becomes hotter than the second side, and then in the other direction whereby the first side becomes cooler than the second side.

Abstract: In one advantageous embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a first plate, a second plate, and an isolation plate. The first plate may be capable of receiving a mounting member for a tool requiring an operating temperature that remains substantially constant for operation of the tool. The second plate may be capable of being secured to an object. The isolation plate may be located between the first plate and the second plate. The first plate, the second plate, and the isolation plate may be secured to each other. The insulating plate may be capable of thermally isolating the tool from the object.

Abstract: An insulator is provided with a housing section integrated with an insulating section at a lower portion thereof. The housing section forms a part of a housing of an acceleration pump. Accordingly, the acceleration pump can be disposed at a space around the insulator, which is conventionally a dead space. Thus, a dedicated space for installing the acceleration pump is not required, which achieves space saving. Further, since the acceleration pump is disposed directly around the insulating section, even when a duct that intercommunicates an insulator leading-air passage and the acceleration pump is used, the length of the duct can be reduced to simplify a structure of the interconnection. Furthermore, since the housing section is integrated with the insulating section, the number of components can be reduced to reduce costs and facilitate assembly of the acceleration pump.

Abstract: A robot control device that controls operation of a robot having an actuator includes a casing, an actuator driver, a drive-control board, a main control board, a main power supply board, a vent passage, a cooling fan, and a holding member. The actuator driver is accommodated in the casing and drives the actuator. The drive-control board is accommodated in the casing and controls operation of the actuator driver. The main control board is accommodated in the casing and controls operation of the drive-control board. The main power supply board is accommodated in the casing and supplies a power to the drive-control board and the main control board. The vent passage is defined by at least the drive-control board, the main control board, and the main power supply board and has an end open to the exterior of the casing. The cooling fan is arranged at an end of the vent passage and causes the air to flow through the vent passage. The holding member is provided in the vent passage and holds the actuator driver.

Abstract: A surface cooler for turbomachines is provided. The surface cooler comprises an inner layer and an outer layer disposed adjacent to the inner layer and comprising a metal foam, a carbon foam, or a combination thereof, wherein the metal foam, the carbon foam or a combination thereof is configured to augment heat transfer and enhance acoustic absorption. Further, the outer layer comprises a plurality of fins, wherein the plurality of fins is configured to augment heat transfer and enhance acoustic absorption, and wherein the plurality of fins comprises metal foam, a carbon foam, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust gas heat exchanger comprising a bundle of pipes which consists of exhaust gas pipes and a bypass channel, and a housing which can be cross-flown by an aqueous cooling agent. The bundle of pipes and the bypass channel joins in a common exhaust gas inlet, wherein an exhaust gas valve is arranged for controlling the exhaust gas flow through the bundle of pipes or the bypass channel. According to the invention, the bypass channel is embodied as a special steel tube (10) comprising a covering (11) which is made of a high-temperature resistant plastic and wherein the housing, which can be cross-flown by the cooling agent, is arranged.

Abstract: A battery cooling structure which cools a battery equipped on a vehicle, the battery cooling structure including: a fan sending an air to cool the battery; and a sound insulation wall including a sound insulation material which insulates noise wherein the sound insulation wall faces an exhaust outlet of the fan.

Abstract: The invention concerns an installation for the temperature treatment of products placed on pallets or similar, including at least one chamber, means for the introduction of a pallet, means for conveyance of the pallet between an entrance and an exit, and means for blowing air through the products on a pallet. It is characterized in that the installation also includes raisable, longitudinal separation means, placed substantially on the main axis of the said at least one chamber, which are used to prevent the passage of air between the top surface of each pallet present in the chamber and the ceiling of the said at least one chamber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator unit and/or a freezer unit having an inner container for the reception of refrigerated goods and/or frozen goods, having a magnetic cooler as well as having a heat exchanger with a heat carrier medium located therein for the refrigeration of the inner space of the inner container, wherein the heat exchanger is made such that the heat transfer from the inner space of the inner container to the heat carrier medium only takes place via the wall of the inner container or only via the wall of the heat exchanger.

Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate to heat exchangers, and more specifically to graphitic foam (GF) heat exchanger assemblies developed for a plurality of thermal management applications including the management of heat from electronic components, primary engine cooling and energy recovery. According to certain embodiments, these assemblies are designed using a pressure normal to the GF exchange element to ensure thermal contact without the use of bonding materials or methods. The bondless assembly is designed to be resistant to high thermal stresses and large thermal expansion coefficient differences thereby achieving and maintaining the highest possible thermal performance.

Abstract: A product dispenser reconfigurable in the field includes a housing, at least one tower unit, and a removable ambient box. The at least one tower unit includes at least one dispense point, whereby a product or diluent is delivered from a diluent or product source to the dispense point. The ambient box is an insulated product path that is adaptable to at least one external source and the tower units or the dispense points. The external source may be conditioned through external means or may deliver an ambient temperature product, wherein the product circuits passing through the ambient box may deliver product to any tower unit, thereby providing increased product variability within a same product dispenser. The product dispenser still further includes a tower structure that is removable without disabling the product circuits, and a method of merchandising on the tower structure.

Abstract: An exhaust path and a heated portion such as an air duct of an internal combustion engine are connected to each other by a heat pipe. A heat pipe working fluid (water) vaporized by the heat of the exhaust gas in a heat receiving portion of the heat pipe is condensed in a heat discharging portion of the heat pipe and heated in the heated portion by the heat of the exhaust gas. An outer cylinder is formed around the casing of the heat pipe, and the exhaust path and the heated portion are connected to each other through heat insulating members, while at the same time supporting the heat pipe body through heat insulating members.

Abstract: Apparatus (1) for cooling a hot gaseous medium comprising: a vessel (2) wherein a bundle (3) of a number of pipes (4) are disposed in a coolant medium compartment (5) and wherein in use a liquid coolant medium (6) flows around the pipe bundle (3); (i) said pipes (4) being mounted at least at or near their upstream ends in a thermal shield (7), (ii) said pipes (4) further extend through a support plate (8) mounted at a distance from the thermal shield (7) determining a front space (9) between the thermal shield (7) and the support plate (8) in the vessel (2) separated from the coolant medium compartment (5), (iii) means (10) to add liquid coolant to the front space (9), (iv) the openings (11) in the support plate (8) are larger than the pipes (4) defining an annular space (12) between pipe and support plate, through which annular space (12) liquid coolant can flow co-current with the hot gaseous medium in the pipes (4) from the front space (9) to the cooling medium compartment (5), (v) wherein a skirt type ext

Abstract: A server (20) for retaining and dispensing a heated beverage. The server includes an insulated server body (23) for reducing heat transfer of heat from the liquid beverage retained therein. A sump (60) is provided in the server body at a lower portion thereof for draining beverage from the server. The sump has a minimal cross sectional area to further reduce heat transfer from a volume of liquid beverage retained in the server to the sump. A faucet (42) is attached to the server and communicates with the sump through a port (76). An interface hub (52) is positioned between the faucet and the server for reducing heat transfer from the liquid beverage t the facucet.

Abstract: An arrangement for heat transport used for thermally insulating, or cooling, one or several elements. A casing is arranged to enclose a medium having heat-storing or cooling capacity. The casing has an internal space for receiving the element or elements and the medium with the medium surrounding the element or elements. The arrangement includes guides arranged in the internal space of the casing so as to guide the medium in the internal space such that a circulation and mixing of the fluid will be generated essentially throughout the internal space under the action of occurring temperature differences in the medium, whereby the natural tendency for temperature stratification of the medium is counteracted or eliminated. A corresponding method, the use of an arrangement for protecting a subsea installation or a part thereof from cooling, and use of an arrangement for efficient cooling an electrical appliance.

Abstract: A plurality of tubes and corrugated fins are piled up and arranged alternatively, for integrally assembled heat exchangers. The corrugated fin has fin portions for the heat exchangers and a connecting portion connecting the fin portions. The connecting portion is formed with slits arranged in first and second lines extending in a longitudinal direction of the fin and at least one louver between the slits in the lines. The slits in the first line and the slits in the second line traverse a top portion and a bottom portion adjacent to the top portion of the fin and the louver is formed on an intermediate portion between the top portion and the bottom portion so that the louver is located between the space of the slits in the first line and the space of the slits in the second line.