Oscillating heat pipe based energy beam profiler and calorimeter
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsWade Lawrence Klennert, Ralph Russell Galetti
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Abstract
An energy beam profiler and calorimeter (EPC) includes a target surface configured to receive an impinging energy beam to be profiled by the EPC and generate heat in response to the energy beam. The EPC also includes one or more first oscillating heat pipes (OHPs) arranged to transfer the heat away from a location at which the impinging energy beam strikes the target surface of the EPC. Other features are also provided.
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An energy beam profiler and calorimeter (EPC) comprising:
- a target surface configured to receive an impinging energy beam to be profiled by the EPC and generate heat in response to the impinging energy beam;
- and
- a stack of first plates comprising one or more first oscillating heat pipes (OHPs) arranged to transfer the heat away from a location at which the impinging energy beam strikes the target surface of the EPC, wherein each first plate of the stack of first plates comprises two respective major surfaces perpendicular to the target surface.
An energy beam profiler and calorimeter (EPC) comprising:
- a stack of first plates, each first plate comprising two respective major surfaces and a respective tapered edge, wherein:
- the tapered edges of the first plates form a target surface configured to receive an impinging energy beam, each pair of adjacent tapered edges forming a groove therebetween;
- and
- for each first plate of the stack of first plates, the two respective major surfaces are perpendicular to the target surface.
A method for measuring a calorimetry and beam profile with an energy beam profiler and calorimeter (EPC), the method comprising:
- absorbing an energy beam at a target surface of the EPC to generate heat;
- and
- spreading the heat by one or more first oscillating heat pipes (OHPs) adjacent to the target surface of the EPC, wherein:
- the one or more first OHPs are positioned within a stack of first plates, and
- each first plate of the stack of first plates comprises two respective major surfaces perpendicular to the target surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.