A heat exchanger for providing thermal energy transfer between a first flow along a first flowpath and a second flow along a second flowpath has at least one plate bank having a plurality of plates, each plate having: a first face and a second face opposite the first face; a leading edge along the second flowpath and a trailing edge along the second flowpath; a proximal edge having at least one inlet port along the first flowpath and at least one outlet port along the first flowpath; and at least one passageway along the first flowpath. An inlet manifold has a first face to which the plurality of plates are mounted along their respective proximal edges. An inlet plenum has at least one inlet port and at least one outlet port. An outlet plenum has at least one outlet port and at least one inlet port. The first flowpath passes from the at least one inlet port of the inlet plenum, through the at least one passageway of each of the plurality of plates, and through the at least one outlet port of the outlet plenum. For each plate, the manifold first face has a respective associated slot capturing a portion of the plate along the proximal edge thereof to prevent extraction of the plate normal to the manifold first face.

A heat sink is provided. The heat sink includes a base board and a rib board. The base board includes a base board cavity, and the rib board includes a rib board cavity. The base board includes a first board face and a second board face. A groove is disposed on the second board face. The base board cavity is filled with a liquid working medium. The rib board includes at least one partition board. The at least one partition board separates the rib board cavity into at least two chambers. The at least two chambers are separately connected to the base board cavity. One end of the rib board is inserted in the base board through the groove. One end of the partition board is located in the base board.

A hybrid heat sink includes a solid heat dissipation module and a TS heat dissipation module. The solid heat dissipation module includes a solid substrate and solid fins. The solid substrate has a first side surface and a second side surface opposite to each other. The first side surface is for contacting a heat source, and the solid fins are connected to the second side surface. The TS heat dissipation module includes a TS substrate and TS fins fixed to the TS substrate. A receiving cavity for receiving a phase-change working medium is formed in the TS substrate, condensation reflux cavities are formed in the TS fins and are communicated with the receiving cavity. The TS substrate is fixed at a mounting opening of the solid substrate with a side surface of the TS substrate being exposed to the first side surface for contacting the heat source.

A cooling apparatus (1) for cooling a fluid with surface water, comprising at least one tube (8) for containing and transporting the fluid in its interior, the exterior of the tube (8) being in operation at least partially submerged in the surface water so as to cool the tube (8) to thereby also cool the fluid. The cooling apparatus (1) further comprises at least one light source (9) for producing light that hinders fouling on the submerged exterior, wherein the light source (9) is dimensioned and positioned with respect to the tube (8) so as to cast anti-fouling light over the tube's exterior. By this structure anti-fouling of the cooling apparatus (1) can be assured in an alternative and effective manner.

Embodiments of the present invention relate to compressed gas storage units, which in certain applications may be employed in conjunction with energy storage systems. Some embodiments may comprise one or more blow-molded polymer shells, formed for example from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). Embodiments of compressed gas storage units may be composite in nature, for example comprising carbon fiber filament(s) wound with a resin over a liner. A compressed gas storage unit may further include a heat exchanger element comprising a heat pipe or apparatus configured to introduce liquid directly into the storage unit for heat exchange with the compressed gas present therein.

A heat exchanger apparatus includes: spaced-apart peripheral walls extending between an inlet and an outlet, the peripheral walls collectively defining a flow channel which includes a diverging portion downstream of the inlet, in which a flow area is greater than a flow area at the inlet; a plurality of spaced-apart fins disposed in the flow channel, each of the fins having opposed side walls extending between an upstream leading edge and a downstream trailing edge, wherein the fins divide at least the diverging portion of the flow channel into a plurality of side-by-side flow passages; and a heat transfer structure disposed within at least one of the fins.

A system and method for providing and using wickless capillary driven constrained vapor bubble heat pipes for application in electronic devices with various system platforms are disclosed. An example embodiment includes: a substrate; and a plurality of wickless capillary driven constrained vapor bubble heat pipes embedded in the substrate, each wickless capillary driven constrained vapor bubble heat pipe including a body having a capillary therein with generally square corners and a high energy interior surface, and a highly wettable liquid partially filling the capillary to dissipate heat between an evaporator region and a condenser region.

A system for power generation from renewable energy, comprising a heat exchanger within a subterranean formation. The heat exchanger comprises a casing at an upper portion of the wellbore, a tubular member extending through the casing to a lower portion of the wellbore, and fins in fluid communication with the casing and with the tubular member, the fins each comprising a volume defined by surfaces of the subterranean formation and configured to receive a fluid from the casing. Related longitudinal finned heat exchangers and methods of storing thermal energy within a subterranean formation are also disclosed.

A thermal energy transfer device attached to an object to dissipate thermal energy from the object is described. In one aspect, the device includes a non-metal base plate and first and second non-metal plate structures. The base plate includes at least one groove on one of its primary surfaces. An edge of the first plate structure is received in a first groove of the at least one groove of the base plate. An edge of the second plate structure is received in a second groove of the at least one groove of the base plate. At least the first groove or the second groove is a V-notch groove such that the edge of the first plate structure or the edge of the second plate structure that is received in the first groove or the second groove is interlockingly received in the V-notch groove.

A pin for a heat exchanger. The pin includes: a monolithic top section; a monolithic bottom section; and a middle section comprising a plurality of spaced apart sub-pins extending between the top section and the bottom section, wherein the plurality of sub-pins define one or more windows for allowing fluid flow through the middle section. Also disclosed is a layer of a heat exchanger including the pin, as well as a heat exchanger including the layer, and a method of making a layer for a heat exchanger.