Heat transfer device including compressible particles suspended in a circulating heat-transfer fluid
US9033027B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 27, 2010 |
| Grant date | May 19, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 3, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28F2265/14
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A heat transfer device including a container in which a heat-transfer fluid circulates in a closed loop. The heat transfer fluid is capable of undergoing an increase in volume on solidifying. The container further contains particles suspended in the heat-transfer fluid. At least some of the particles are compressible under the pressure of the fluid, as the fluid is solidifying, so as to at least partially compensate for the increase in volume of the fluid upon solidifying.
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