Abstract:
Embodiments are direc-ted to a heat pump element comprising: a thin-film polymer or ceramic material within a range of 0.1 microns - 100 mi-crons thickness, and electrodes coupled to both sides of the thin-film material to form an electroded active thin-film ma-terial, wherein the thin-film material is separated by, and in intimate contact with, a heat transfer fluid in channels within a range of 10 microns - 10 milli-meters thickness, in which the fluid is capable of being translated back and forth through the element by an im-posed pressure field.
Abstract:
A component may be self-monitoring having a sensor assembly located on a surface of a substrate and covered by an encapsulating layer additively manufactured over the sensor assembly and thereby bonded to the substrate. The sensor may be wireless, self-powered, and embedded into the substrate such that it is unobtrusive and may not limit the performance or function of the component.