A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system may comprise an evaporator core including an upstream inlet face in which humid air is received, a downstream outlet face from which dehumidified air is discharged, and a plurality of air-contacting surfaces extending between the inlet and outlet faces. In one form, an antimicrobial coating may be formed on the air-contacting surfaces of the evaporator core. The antimicrobial coating may comprise an ionic material having immobilized ionic groups of one type of charge and mobile counterions of another type of charge. The mobile counterions may be ionically associated with the immobilized ionic groups. In another form, an ultraviolet light emitting diode (UV-LED) may be used to direct UV light onto the air-contacting surfaces of the evaporator core.

A method of manufacturing a heat dissipation device is disclosed. The heat dissipation device manufactured with the method includes two titanium metal sheets and a metal mesh. According to the method, the two titanium metal sheets and the metal mesh are subjected to a surface treatment, so that surface of any one of the titanium metal sheets and the metal mesh is modified to form a hydrophilic layer. With these arrangements, the titanium metal material can be freely plastically deformed and possess a capillary force, and the titanium metal sheet can therefore be used in place of the conventional copper sheet to serve as a material for making heat dissipation devices. The heat dissipation devices so produced can have largely reduced weight and largely improved heat dissipation performance.

A convector for air cooling of a fluid flowing in a pipe, comprising: a path for a cooling air flow comprising an inlet from and an outlet towards the environment, a heat exchange section comprising at least one tube bundle defining a heat exchange surface, said section being provided in said path for the air flow, fan means producing said air flow along said path, so that said air flow externally invests said tube bundle on said; heat exchange surface, a humidifying section arranged in said path, upstream of said heat exchange section, where water is atomized to be invested by the air flow, characterized by comprising a wetting device for wetting directly with water a portion of the heat exchange surface of said tube bundle to further cool said portion of tube bundle.

To provide a laminate for frost prevention, a heat exchanger including the laminate, and a coating agent for frost prevention, which have excellent reduction or prevention effect of frost growth. A laminate for frost prevention of an embodiment of the present embodiments including: a substrate, and a frost prevention layer containing first inorganic nanoparticles and a hydrophilic binder and exhibiting a water contact angle of 19.0 degrees or less.

Some embodiments include a thermal management plane. The thermal management plane may include a top casing comprising a polymer material; a top encapsulation layer disposed on the top casing; a bottom casing comprising a polymer material; a bottom encapsulation layer disposed on the bottom casing; a hermetical seal coupling the bottom casing with the top casing; a wicking layer disposed between the bottom casing and the top casing; and a plurality of spacers disposed between the top casing and the bottom casing within the vacuum core, wherein each of the plurality of spacers have a low thermal conduction. In some embodiments, the thermal management plane has a thickness less than about 200 microns.

The present disclosure relates to efficient heat exchanger components, such as pipe apparatuses including the same. Methods of fabricating heat exchange components are also disclosed. A condensing apparatus can include a condenser surface having a substrate and one or more layers of graphene. The substrate can be formed of nickel and a nickel-graphene surface composite layer can be formed. The substrate-graphene composite can be highly durable, hydrophobic, and resistant to fouling. Dropwise condensation can be induced.

Embodiments described herein relate to the concept and designs of a polymer-based thermal ground plane. In accordance with one embodiment, a polymer is utilized as the material to fabricate the thermal ground plane. Other embodiments include am optimized wicking structure design utilizing two arrays of micropillars, use of lithography-based microfabrication of the TGP using copper/polymer processing, micro-posts, throttled releasing holes embedded in the micro-posts, atomic layer deposition (ALD) hydrophilic coating, throttled fluid charging structure and sealing method, defect-free ALD hermetic coating, and compliant structural design.

A heat exchanger includes tubes through which a first fluid flows, and a corrugated fin configured to improve a heat exchange efficiency between the first fluid flowing through the tubes and a second fluid flowing outside of the tubes. The corrugated fin includes bending portions connected to adjacent two tubes of the tubes and fin body portions extending between the bending portions. Each of the fin body portions includes grooves on a surface thereof and a protrusion. Each of the grooves extends in an extending direction from one of the adjacent two tubes toward the other. The protrusion is disposed at an intermediate position of at least one of the grooves between the adjacent two tubes in the extending direction. The protrusion protrudes from a bottom of the at least one of the grooves toward the surface.

A hydrophilic slippery treatment agent which allows for the formation of a coating having hydrophilicity concurrently with water droplet removability via drying at lower temperatures, a surface treatment method using the hydrophilic slippery treatment agent, a substrate having a hydrophilic slippery coating formed thereon by the surface treatment method, and a fin material for a heat exchanger having a hydrophilic slippery coating formed thereon by the surface treatment method are provided. The treatment agent contains an organosilicon compound with a specific structure including both a hydrophilic-chain-containing group and a hydrolyzable group, and a metal alkoxide.

A hydrophilic slippery treatment agent which allows for the formation of a coating having hydrophilicity concurrently with water droplet removability via drying at lower temperatures, a surface treatment method using the hydrophilic slippery treatment agent, a substrate having a hydrophilic slippery coating formed thereon by the surface treatment method, and a fin material for a heat exchanger having a hydrophilic slippery coating formed thereon by the surface treatment method are provided.

The treatment agent contains an organosilicon compound with a specific structure including both a hydrophilic-chain-containing group and a hydrolyzable group, and a metal alkoxide.