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Carbon nanotube heat-exchange systems

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OSTI ID:986216
A carbon nanotube heat-exchange system (10) and method for producing the same. One embodiment of the carbon nanotube heat-exchange system (10) comprises a microchannel structure (24) having an inlet end (30) and an outlet end (32), the inlet end (30) providing a cooling fluid into the microchannel structure (24) and the outlet end (32) discharging the cooling fluid from the microchannel structure (24). At least one flow path (28) is defined in the microchannel structure (24), fluidically connecting the inlet end (30) to the outlet end (32) of the microchannel structure (24). A carbon nanotube structure (26) is provided in thermal contact with the microchannel structure (24), the carbon nanotube structure (26) receiving heat from the cooling fluid in the microchannel structure (24) and dissipating the heat into an external medium (19).
Research Organization:
NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States))
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-99GO10337
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)
Patent Number(s):
7,448,441
Application Number:
10/492,483
OSTI ID:
986216
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Particularities of Heat Conduction in Nanostructures journal January 2000

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