Scaled-capacity embodiment of a material-driven thermal management architecture

Abstract

A portable temperature controlled enclosure comprises an external enclosure defining a thermally managed payload volume, an internal aluminum cooling chamber disposed within the external enclosure and configured to receive a payload, a cooling loop thermally coupled to the internal aluminum cooling chamber at a cooling interface region, and a fan assembly arranged to drive airflow across a heat exchange region of the cooling loop to reject heat to ambient. The internal aluminum cooling chamber includes a non-uniform geometry comprising geometric variations disposed along bottom portions and side portions of the internal aluminum cooling chamber. The non-uniform geometry is configured to establish differential cooling zones in which a first region of the internal aluminum cooling chamber cools at a first rate and a second region of the internal aluminum cooling chamber cools at a second rate during a cooldown interval.

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