Thermal control system
AssigneeAPR Technologies AB
InventorsRobert Thorslund, Peter Nilsson
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Abstract
A thermal control system includes a closed loop arranged to carry a circulating fluid. There is at least a first heat exchanger and a flow unit in the closed loop. The flow unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode offset from the first electrode in a downstream direction of a flow of the circulating fluid. The first electrode and the second electrode are connectable to a voltage source. The first electrode is formed as a grid structure and arranged to allow the circulating fluid to flow through the first electrode.
Claims13
A thermal control system including an electrohydrodynamical (EHD) pumping device, comprising:
- a closed loop arranged to carry a circulating dielectric fluid;
- at least a first heat exchanger in the closed loop;
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- a flow unit in the closed loop comprising:
- a first electrode;
- and
- a second electrode offset from the first electrode in a downstream direction of a flow of the circulating dielectric fluid, the first electrode and the second electrode being connectable to a voltage source and configured to provide an electric field to ionize particles or molecules and control a flow of the circulating dielectric fluid;
- wherein the first electrode is formed as a grid structure and arranged to allow the circulating dielectric fluid to flow through the first electrode, and
- wherein the first heat exchanger is separate from the grid structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.