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US 2019/0331365 A1Published application
Device and method for temperature control
AssigneeForced Physics, LLC
InventorScott DAVIS
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Abstract
Materials, components, and methods consistent with the disclosure are directed to the fabrication and use of micro scale channels with a gas, where the micro channel can include a base (110) and a side (120), where the base and the side can be configured to form at least a portion of an inflow opening, and an outflow opening. The micro channel can be configured to accommodate a flow of the gas from the inflow opening to the outflow opening in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a cross section of the micro channel. The side can have a thickness in a range 0.5 μm and 500 μm, where the micro channel with a thickness in a range 0.5 μm and 500 μm is formed, in part, by providing the side on the base.
Claims20
A system for cooling comprising:
- a micro channel comprising at least a base and a side, wherein the base and the side are configured to form at least at least a portion of an inflow opening, and an outflow opening;
- and
- a gas comprising a constituent particle, the gas being induced to flow through the micro channel through operation of a pressure differential between a first pressure and a second pressure, the first pressure of the gas proximal to the inflow opening being atmospheric and the second pressure of the gas proximal to the outflow opening being less than atmospheric;
- wherein the micro channel is configured to accommodate a flow of the gas from the inflow opening to the outflow opening in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a cross section of the micro channel;
- wherein the base is selected from a set of base materials consisting of aluminum sheet metal, anodized aluminum, Teflon-coated aluminum, painted aluminum, copper sheet metal, graphene, and pyrolytic graphite;
- wherein the side is selected from a set of side materials consisting of:
- aluminum foil, copper foil, graphene, and pyrolytic graphite;
- and
- wherein the side has a thickness in a range between approximately 0.5 μm and approximately 500 μm, and wherein the micro channel with a thickness in a range between approximately 0.5 μm and approximately 500 μm is formed, in part, by providing the side on the base.
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A method for cooling, comprising:
- providing a micro channel comprising at least a base and a side, wherein the base and the side are configured to form at least at least a portion of an inflow opening, and an outflow opening;
- providing a gas comprising a constituent particle;
- inducing a flow of the gas from the inflow opening to the outflow opening in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a cross section of the micro channel through operation of a pressure differential between a first pressure and a second pressure, the first pressure of the gas proximal to the inflow opening being atmospheric and the second pressure of the gas proximal to the outflow opening being less than atmospheric;
- wherein the base is selected from a set of base materials consisting of:
- aluminum sheet metal, anodized aluminum, Teflon-coated aluminum, painted aluminum, copper sheet metal, graphene, and pyrolytic graphite;
- wherein the side is selected from a set of side materials consisting of:
- aluminum foil, copper foil, graphene, and pyrolytic graphite;
- and
- wherein the side has a thickness in a range between approximately 0.5 μm and approximately 500 μ, and wherein the micro channel with a thickness in a range between approximately 0.5 μm and approximately 500 μm is formed, in part, by providing the side on the base.
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A system for cooling comprising:
- a micro channel comprising at least a base with a raised side, wherein the base and the raised side are configured to form at least at least a portion of an inflow opening, and an outflow opening;
- and
- a gas comprising a constituent particle, the gas being induced to flow through the micro channel through operation of a pressure differential between a first pressure and a second pressure, the first pressure of the gas proximal to the inflow opening being atmospheric and the second pressure of the gas proximal to the outflow opening being less than atmospheric;
- wherein the micro channel is configured to accommodate a flow of the gas from the inflow opening to the outflow opening in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a cross section of the micro channel;
- wherein the base is selected from a set of base materials consisting of:
- aluminum sheet metal, anodized aluminum, Teflon-coated aluminum, painted aluminum, copper sheet metal, graphene, and pyrolytic graphite;
- and
- wherein the raised side has a thickness in a range between approximately 0.5 μm and approximately 500 μm, and wherein the micro channel with a thickness in a range between approximately 0.5 μm and approximately 500 μm is formed from the base, in part, by at least one of the set of:
- extrusion, embossing, coining, stamping, punching, perforating, and cutting with fine blanking.
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A method for cooling, comprising:
- providing a micro channel comprising at least a base with a raised side, wherein the base and the raised side are configured to form at least at least a portion of an inflow opening, and an outflow opening;
- providing a gas comprising a constituent particle;
- inducing a flow of the gas from the inflow opening to the outflow opening in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a cross section of the micro channel through operation of a pressure differential between a first pressure and a second pressure, the first pressure of the gas proximal to the inflow opening being atmospheric and the second pressure of the gas proximal to the outflow opening being less than atmospheric;
- wherein the base is selected from a set of base materials consisting of:
- aluminum sheet metal, anodized aluminum, Teflon-coated aluminum, painted aluminum, copper sheet metal, graphene, and pyrolytic graphite;
- and
- wherein the raised side has a thickness in a range between approximately 0.5 μm and approximately 500 μm, and wherein the micro channel with a thickness in a range between approximately 0.5 μm and approximately 500 μm is formed from the base, in part, by at least one of the set of:
- extrusion, embossing, coining, stamping, punching, perforating, and cutting with fine blanking.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.