Isothermally heatsunk diffusion cloud chamber refrigerator
Patent
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OSTI ID:6377320
This patent describes a diffusion cloud chamber isothermally heatsunk refrigerator which comprises: a heatsink consisting of two phases of a saturated substance existing in thermodynamic equilibrium at constant pressure and therefore at constant temperature, contained in a reservoir; a means of pressure damping to maintain constant pressure, as the ratio of the two phases present changes and introduces volumetric changes in the substance; a cooling member which transfer heat from vapor in contact with the cooling member surface to the ''cold side'' of a Peltier thermoelectric element with which the cooling member is in thermal contact; a Peltier thermoelectric element which removes the heat supplied by the cooling member from its ''cold side'' and pumps it to the ''hot side'' when driven by an electric current; and a means of transferring heat from the ''hot side'' of the Peltier thermoelectric element to the two-phase isothermal substance in the reservoir.
- Assignee:
- NOV; NOV-87-061493; EDB-87-109237
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4662180
- OSTI ID:
- 6377320
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
300301* -- Thermoelectric Generators-- Design & Development
300304 -- Thermoelectric Generators-- Applications
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320106 -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Building Equipment-- (1987-)
CONTROL
COOLING SYSTEMS
DESIGN
DIFFUSION
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENERGY TRANSFER
HEAT PUMPS
HEAT SINKS
HEAT TRANSFER
ISOTHERMAL PROCESSES
OPERATION
PRESSURE CONTROL
REFRIGERATORS
SINKS
STABILITY
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
THERMODYNAMICS
THERMOELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS
300301* -- Thermoelectric Generators-- Design & Development
300304 -- Thermoelectric Generators-- Applications
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320106 -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Building Equipment-- (1987-)
CONTROL
COOLING SYSTEMS
DESIGN
DIFFUSION
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENERGY TRANSFER
HEAT PUMPS
HEAT SINKS
HEAT TRANSFER
ISOTHERMAL PROCESSES
OPERATION
PRESSURE CONTROL
REFRIGERATORS
SINKS
STABILITY
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
THERMODYNAMICS
THERMOELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS