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Title: Hybrid metal-polymer heat exchanger

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1735006

A heat exchanger includes a metal tube and a composite polymer fin in thermal contact with the metal tube. The fin is formed of a polymer and a thermally conductive filler such that the fin has a thermal conductivity greater than or equal to 0.5 Watts per meter Kelvin.

Research Organization:
Hamilton Sunstrand Corp., Charlotte, NC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
EE0005775
Assignee:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Patent Number(s):
10,704,846
Application Number:
15/620,433
OSTI ID:
1735006
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 06/12/2017
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Heat Fins and Related Systems and Methods patent-application February 2013
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