Title:
CAPILLARY CONDENSER/EVAPORATOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006107492
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A heat transfer device is disclosed for transferring heat to or from a fluid that is undergoing a phase change. The heat transfer device includes a liquid- vapor manifold in fluid communication with a capillary structure thermally connected to a heat transfer interface, all of which are disposed in a housing to contain the vapor. The liquid- vapor manifold transports liquid in a first direction and conducts vapor in a second, opposite direction. The manifold provides a distributed supply of fluid (vapor or liquid) over the surface of the capillary structure. In one embodiment, the manifold has a fractal structure including one or more layers, each layer having one or more conduits for transporting liquid and one or more openings for conducting vapor. Adjacent layers have an increasing number of openings with decreasing area, and an increasing number of conduits with decreasing cross-sectional area, moving in a direction toward the capillary structure.
Inventors:
VALENZUELA JAVIER A (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2006/008209
Publication Date:
November 30, 2006
Filing Date:
March 08, 2006
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MIKROS MFG INC (US)
VALENZUELA JAVIER A (US)
VALENZUELA JAVIER A (US)
International Classes:
F28D15/02; F28D15/04
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2003073032A1 | 2003-09-04 |
Foreign References:
| US20030159809A1 | 2003-08-28 | |||
| US6330907B1 | 2001-12-18 | |||
| US20020043220A1 | 2002-04-18 | |||
| US3857441A | 1974-12-31 |
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