Fabrics with high thermal conductivity coatings
AssigneeSiemens Energy, Inc.
InventorsJames D. Smith, Gary Stevens, John W. Wood
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Abstract
The present invention facilitates the thermal conductivity of fabrics by surface coating of the fabrics with high thermal conductivity materials 6. The fabrics may be surface coated when they are individual fibers or strands 4, bundles of strands, formed fabric or combinations therefore. A particular type of fibrous matrix used with the present invention is glass. Some fabrics may be a combination of more than one type of material, or may have different materials in alternating layers. HTC coatings of the present invention include diamond like coatings (DLC) and metal oxides, nitrides, carbides and mixed stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric combinations that can be applied to the host matrix.
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A method of forming a fabric having a high thermal conductivity coating comprising:
- surface coating pre-fabric materials with a high thermal conductivity (HTC) coating layer, wherein said pre-fabric materials comprise at least one of individual fibers, individual strands, or bundles of strands;
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- forming said pre-fabric materials into said fabric;
- wherein said HTC coating layer comprises at least one of a diamond like coating, metal oxides, metal nitrides, metal carbides, or combinations thereof;
- and wherein said fabric has a thermal conductivity of 50-500 W/mK.
A method of forming a fabric having a high thermal conductivity coating comprising:
- forming pre-fabric materials into said fabric;
- and
- coating said fabric with a high thermal conductivity (HTC) coating layer;
- wherein said pre-fabric materials comprise at least one of individual fibers, individual strands, or bundles of strands;
- wherein said HTC coating layer comprises at least one of a diamond like coating, metal oxides, metal nitrides, metal carbides, or combinations thereof;
- and wherein said fabric has a thermal conductivity of 50-500 W/mK.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.