Liquid cooling station comprises at least one pump and at least one motor connected to the pump for operating the pump to circulate cooling liquid between the cooling station and an object to be cooled, a first cooling liquid outlet port for supplying the cooling liquid towards the object to be cooled and a first cooling liquid inlet port for receiving the cooling liquid from the object to be cooled. The liquid cooling station further comprises at least one connection block, which comprises at least one first cavity for receiving an operating part of the pump, at least one second cavity for an additional operational part, the first cooling liquid inlet and outlet ports and an internal channel system connecting the first cavity to the first cooling liquid inlet and outlet ports.

In one embodiment, a device comprises a fluid transfer component having an average thickness less than 2 millimeters and comprising a polymer film with one or more polymeric materials in one or more layers; and an active region of the fluid transfer component comprising a surface area greater than 1 square meter and plurality of fluid channels defined by one or more interior surfaces within the polymeric film, each fluid channel of the plurality of fluid channels is separated spatially with the plurality of fluid channels comprising at least 1 row of fluid channels in a thickness direction of the polymeric film, wherein the plurality of fluid channels has a channel density across the active region of the fluid transfer component greater than 100 fluid channels per centimeter and the plurality of fluid channels collects a first fluid across the active region from the environment.

A heat exchanger having at least one of side plates embodying a polygonal aperture through the planar base thereof, located at a predetermined position, and at least two corresponding shear-apertures located at the interface between the planar base and a first wall and a second wall of the side plate, each adjacent to the base aperture, providing at least one flexing location to accommodate thermal expansion of the heat exchanger during thermal cycling.

A heat sink is for a heat source including an electronic component. The heat sink includes a base having a first surface and an opposite second surface. The first surface has a middle portion engaging the heat source. A plurality of elongate fins project from the second surface of the base and extend in directions perpendicular to the second surface. Middle ones of the fins are disposed opposite the middle portion of the first surface and have a greater height than other ones of the fins.

A photovoltaic cooling system includes a cooling module having a local jet flow inlet located in an interior portion of the cooling module directing flow in a vertical direction. A crossflow inlet is located at an inlet edge of the cooling module directing flow across the cooling module. An outlet is located at an outlet edge of the cooling module. A thermoelectric generator is located on the cooling module, and a photovoltaic module is located on the thermoelectric generator.

An accessory device suitable for use with an electronic device is disclosed and may be designed to provide a protective cover and dissipate heat from the device. Regarding the latter, the accessory device may include a thermally conductive layer disposed in the accessory device. The thermally conductive layer may extend from a first end of the accessory device proximate to a heat-generating component in the electronic device, to a second end away from the heat-generating component. The thermally conductive layer is designed to navigate heat away from the heat-generating component to the second end where the heat escapes the accessory device. The second end may include one or more openings to facilitate heat transfer from the accessory device. In other embodiments, the accessory device includes a phase change material that absorbs heat and changes to a liquid, then passes the heat to another location in the accessory device.

A water-cooling radiator assembly includes at least one first and one second sealing element and a water-cooling radiator main body formed of a plurality of stacked radiator elements. The second sealing element, the radiator elements and the first sealing element are sequentially stacked from bottom to top and integrally connected through heat treating to form the water-cooling radiator assembly. The first and second sealing elements have one side connected to an upper and a lower side, respectively, of the water-cooling radiator main body to seal a top and a bottom of a helical flow passage in the water-cooling radiator main body. A first and a second coupling section are optionally provided on the first and the second sealing element, respectively, or at a first and a second end of the helical flow passage, respectively; and the first and second coupling sections are fluidly communicable with the helical flow passage.

A heat exchanger is described and which includes an exterior container having an internal cavity; a refrigerant distribution tube is positioned within the internal cavity and which is further coupled in fluid receiving relation relative to a first source of refrigerant; and a multiplicity of closely nested refrigerant tubes are located within the internal cavity and are further disposed in a closely spaced, radially outwardly oriented positions relative to the refrigerant distribution tube, and which additionally have a predetermined and similar length dimension, and individually form helical coils which have a given and similar length dimension, and a variable pitch, and which are further coupled to a second source of a refrigerant.

One example aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a system for cooling a surface. The system can include a housing. The housing can include an evaporator portion. The housing can include at least one trifurcated heat exchange portion. The at least one trifurcated heat exchange portion can include a condenser portion coupled to the evaporator portion. The at least one trifurcated heat exchange portion can include a coolant portion substantially surrounded by the condenser portion. The at least one trifurcated heat exchange portion can include a phase change material portion substantially surrounding the condenser portion.

Vehicle air comfort systems and methods. The systems and methods may comprise: (1) a plurality of flow tunnels for passage of a heat-transfer fluid; (2) a thermoelectric cooler in thermal communication with the flow tunnels for thermally conditioning the heat-transfer fluid in the flow tunnels; (3) an air inlet for receiving unconditioned air; (4) a thermal exchange assembly for facilitating thermal exchange between the thermally conditioned heat-transfer fluid and the unconditioned air to result in conditioning of the air; and (5) an air outlet for outputting the conditioned air into the vehicle.