Heat exchange apparatus

An apparatus for transferring heat from a heat producing component to the atmosphere, comprising:

• a) a thermal transfer fluid;
• b) a fin means in intimate contact with the atmosphere;
• c) a composite substrate containing an interior cavity, the composite substrate having a surface, a first portion of the interior cavity containing the thermal transfer fluid, a first portion of the surface of the composite substrate receiving the heat producing component, a second portion of the surface of the composite substrate receiving the fin means, and a portion of the composite substrate being penetrable by an external moving magnetic field;
• d) a thermally and electrically conductive rotor rotatably contained in a second portion of the interior cavity;
• e) an impeller external to the composite substrate capable of impelling the atmosphere to flow passed the fin means;
• f) a rotatable permanent magnet external to the composite substrate, whereby rotating the permanent magnet generates the external moving magnetic field, the external moving magnetic field penetrates the portion of the composite substrate, the external moving magnetic field generates an eddy current in the thermally and electrically conductive rotor, and the eddy current reacts with the moving magnetic field to rotate the thermally and electrically conductive rotor;
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• g) a motor that rotates the impeller, which impels the atmosphere to flow passed the fin means, the motor also rotating the rotatable permanent magnet, whereby heat is transferred from the heat producing component through the first portion of the surface of the composite substrate through the thermal transfer fluid to the thermally and electrically conductive rotating rotor, and heat from the thermally and electrically conductive rotating rotor is transferred through the thermal transfer fluid through the second portion of the surface of the composite substrate through the fin means into the atmosphere.

An apparatus for transferring heat from a heat producing component to the atmosphere, comprising:

• a) a thermal transfer fluid;
• b) a fin means in intimate contact with the atmosphere;
• c) a composite substrate containing an interior cavity, a first portion of the interior cavity containing the thermal transfer fluid, the composite substrate enclosing the heat producing component, the composite substrate receiving the fin means;
• d) a thermally conductive rotor contained in a second portion of the interior cavity of the composite substrate;
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• e) an external means for rotating the thermally conductive rotor, whereby the majority of the heat produced by the heat producing component is transferred through the thermal transfer fluid into the thermally conductive rotor, the external means rotates the thermally conductive rotor, and the heat in the thermally conductive rotor is transferred through the thermal transfer fluid through the fin means into the atmosphere.

A method for transferring heat from a heat producing object to a heat absorbing object, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) rotating a thermally conductive rotor in an interior cavity of a composite substrate, a portion of the interior cavity of the composite substrate also containing a thermal transfer fluid;
• b) transferring the majority of the heat from the heat producing object through a first portion of the surface of the composite substrate through the thermal transfer fluid into the thermally conductive rotor, the first portion of the surface of the composite substrate receiving the heat producing object;
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• c) transferring heat from the thermally conductive rotor through the thermal transfer fluid through a second portion of the surface of the composite substrate into the heat absorbing object, the second portion of the surface of the composite substrate receiving the heat absorbing object .