Radiative cooling system
OwnerDavid B. Cavanaugh, Richard S. Dummer +1inventors
InventorsDavid B. Cavanaugh, Richard S. Dummer, Steven L. Palm
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Abstract
A radiator unit for radiating heat from a heat source into space. The radiating unit includes an inflatable radiating panel comprising a plurality of inflatable tubes inflated with and adapted to contain and permit a circulation through the plurality of inflatable tubes of a low mass gas, a sufficient quantity of low mass gas to inflate said plurality of inflatable tubes and a blower unit for forcing the circulation of said low mass gas through the heat source and said plurality of inflatable tubes.
Claims17
A radiator unit for radiating heat from a heat source into space, said radiating unit comprising:
- A) an inflatable radiating panel comprising a plurality of inflatable tubes inflated with and adapted to contain and permit a circulation through the plurality of inflatable tubes of a low mass gas,
- B) a sufficient quantity of low mass gas to inflate said plurality of inflatable tubes,
- C) a blower unit for forcing the circulation of said low mass gas through the heat source and said plurality of inflatable tubes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.