Systems with multi-circuited, phase-change composite heat exchangers

Kozubal, Eric; Woods, Jason David; Bonnema, Eric Jason; Farmarzi, Ramin Teimouri

Title: Systems with multi-circuited, phase-change composite heat exchangers

Patent · Tue Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2023

OSTI ID:1987202

Kozubal, Eric; Woods, Jason David; Bonnema, Eric Jason; Farmarzi, Ramin Teimouri

A system comprising a first plurality of microchannels, a second plurality of microchannels in thermal communication with the first plurality of microchannels such that the first plurality of microchannels and second plurality of microchannels form a heat exchanger, and a phase change composite in thermal communication with the heat exchanger and methods of operating are disclosed herein.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Assignee:: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)

Patent Number(s):: 11,598,536

Application Number:: 16/842,076

OSTI ID:: 1987202

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 04/07/2020

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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