Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrohydrodynamic fluid accelerator with heat transfer surfaces operable as collector electrode
- Patent Title (中): 具有作为集电极的热传递表面的电动液流体加速器
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Application No.: US12615900Application Date: 2009-11-10
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Publication No.: US08411435B2Publication Date: 2013-04-02
- Inventor: Nels Jewell-Larsen , Kenneth A. Honer , Matt Schwiebert , Hongyu Ran , Piyush Savalia , Yan Zhang
- Applicant: Nels Jewell-Larsen , Kenneth A. Honer , Matt Schwiebert , Hongyu Ran , Piyush Savalia , Yan Zhang
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Tessera, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Tessera, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Zagorin O'Brien Graham LLP
- Main IPC: F28D15/00
- IPC: F28D15/00 ; H05K7/20

Abstract:
In thermal management systems that employ EHD devices to motivate flow of air between ventilated boundary portions of an enclosure, it can be desirable to have some heat transfer surfaces participate in electrohydrodynamic acceleration of fluid flow while providing additional heat transfer surfaces that may not. In some embodiments, both collector electrodes and additional heat transfer surfaces are thermally coupled into a heat transfer path. Collector electrodes then contribute both to flow of cooling air and to heat transfer to the air flow so motivated. The collector electrodes and additional heat transfer surfaces may be parts of a unitary, or thermally coupled, structure that is introduced into a flow path at multiple positions therealong. In some embodiments, the collector electrodes and additional heat transfer surfaces may be proximate each other along the flow path. In some embodiments, the collector electrodes and additional heat transfer surfaces may be separate structures.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100116469A1 ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC FLUID ACCELERATOR WITH HEAT TRANSFER SURFACES OPERABLE AS COLLECTOR ELECTRODE Public/Granted day:2010-05-13
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