Passive thermal management device
AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Ene Alt
InventorsJerome Gavillet, Jean Dijon
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Abstract
A thermal management device including a first face configured to be in contact with a hot source and a second face opposite the first face configured to be in contact with a cold source, and at least one network of cells filled with a solid/liquid phase-change material located in a cavity between the first and second faces, wherein the cells include walls formed of carbon nanotubes, wherein the nanotubes extend roughly from the first to the second face, thermally connecting the first face to the second face.
Claims20
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A thermal management device comprising:
- a first face configured to be in contact with a hot source;
- a second face opposite the first face configured to be in contact with a cold source;
- at least one network of cells filled with a solid/liquid phase-change material positioned between the first and second faces, the cells comprising walls formed of carbon nanotubes, said nanotubes extending roughly from the first to the second face, thermally connecting the first face to the second face, the walls of the cells being formed from nanotubes in contact to form a dense material.
An electronic system comprising:
- at least one electronic component forming a heat source;
- at least one heat evacuation device forming a cold source;
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- at least one thermal management device comprising a first face in contact with the at least one electronic component and a second face opposite the first face in contact with the at least one heat evacuation device, at least one network of cells filled with a solid/liquid phase-change material positioned between the first and second faces, the cells comprising walls formed of carbon nanotubes, said nanotubes extending roughly from the first to the second face, thermally connecting the first face to the second face, the walls of the cells being formed from nanotubes in contact to form a dense material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.