A cooling device includes a cooling plate with a bottom wall portion with a lower surface which contacts a heat-generating component, a top wall portion which covers an upper surface of the bottom wall portion, a side wall portion which couples the bottom wall portion and the top wall portion, and an internal space which is surrounded by the bottom wall portion, the top wall portion, and the side wall portion to define a first cooling medium flow passage. The bottom wall portion includes blades on the upper surface. An inlet port or an outlet port is on one end side of the first cooling medium flow passage. An inner peripheral wall of the side wall portion includes a first bent portion which is bent convex inward between ends of the blades and the at least one of the inlet port and the outlet port.

A cooling device includes a cooling plate with a bottom wall portion with a lower surface which contacts a heat-generating component, a top wall portion which covers an upper surface of the bottom wall portion, a side wall portion which couples the bottom wall portion and the top wall portion, and an internal space which is surrounded by the bottom wall portion, the top wall portion, and the side wall portion to define a first cooling medium flow passage. The bottom wall portion includes blades on the upper surface. An inlet port or an outlet port is on one end side of the first cooling medium flow passage. An inner peripheral wall of the side wall portion includes a first bent portion which is bent convex inward between ends of the blades and the at least one of the inlet port and the outlet port.

A conformal thermal ground plane is disclosed according to some embodiments along with a method of manufacturing a conformal thermal ground plane according to other embodiments. The method may include forming a first planar containment layer into a first non-planar containment layer having a first non-planar shape; forming a second planar containment layer into a second non-planar containment layer having a second non-planar shape; disposing a liquid cavity and a vapor cavity between the first non-planar containment layer and the second non-planar containment layer; sealing at least a portion of the first non-planar containment layer and at least a portion of the second non-planar containment layer; and charging at least the liquid cavity with a working fluid.

A conformal thermal ground plane is disclosed according to some embodiments along with a method of manufacturing a conformal thermal ground plane according to other embodiments. The method may include forming a first planar containment layer into a first non-planar containment layer having a first non-planar shape; forming a second planar containment layer into a second non-planar containment layer having a second non-planar shape; disposing a liquid cavity and a vapor cavity between the first non-planar containment layer and the second non-planar containment layer; sealing at least a portion of the first non-planar containment layer and at least a portion of the second non-planar containment layer; and charging at least the liquid cavity with a working fluid.

A flat-plate heat pipe and a preparation method thereof, and a heat exchanger are provided. The flat-plate heat pipe includes an upper shell (11) and a lower shell (12); the upper shell (11) and the lower shell (12) are assembled with each other to form a flat-plate shell (10) with a sealed cavity; the sealed cavity is filled with a phase change working medium; a capillary wick (20) is arranged in the flat-plate shell (10); and a surface of the capillary wick (20) has a micro-nano structure. By means of the arrangement of the above capillary wick having the micro-nano structure on the surface thereof, the flat-plate heat pipe has excellent heat conductivity and high resistance to gravity, and is flexible in use and arrangement.

An element for an easily scalable thermal energy storage, distinctive in that the element includes an outer shell being a combined casting form and reinforcement, a solid thermal storage medium in the form of hardened concrete, which concrete has been cast and hardened into said outer shell. A method for building and use of the element is also disclosed.

An element for an easily scalable thermal energy storage, distinctive in that the element includes an outer shell being a combined casting form and reinforcement, a solid thermal storage medium in the form of hardened concrete, which concrete has been cast and hardened into said outer shell. A method for building and use of the element is also disclosed.

A basic structural body for constructing heat dissipation device and a heat dissipation device are disclosed. The heat dissipation device includes a first basic structural body having a wick structure formed on one side surface thereof; and the first basic structural body and the wick structure are structural bodies formed layer by layer. Two pieces of first basic structural bodies can be correspondingly closed together to construct a heat dissipation device internally defining an airtight chamber. In this manner, the heat dissipation device can be designed in a more flexible manner.

A vertical bundle air-cooled heat exchanger, a finned tube assembly for an air cooled condenser and method for forming the same, and a system for removing thermal energy generated by radioactive materials. In one aspect, an air cooled condenser sized for industrial and commercial application includes an inlet steam distribution header for conveying steam, a condensate outlet header for conveying condensate, an array of tube bundles each having a plurality of finned tube assemblies having a bare steel tube with an exposed outer surface and a set of aluminum fins brazed directly onto the tube by a brazing filler metal. The steel tubes may be spaced apart by the aluminum fins and have an inlet end fluidly coupled to the inlet steam distribution header and an outlet end fluidly coupled to the outlet header. A forced draft fan may be arranged to blow air through the tube bundles.

A vertical bundle air-cooled heat exchanger, a finned tube assembly for an air cooled condenser and method for forming the same, and a system for removing thermal energy generated by radioactive materials. In one aspect, an air cooled condenser sized for industrial and commercial application includes an inlet steam distribution header for conveying steam, a condensate outlet header for conveying condensate, an array of tube bundles each having a plurality of finned tube assemblies having a bare steel tube with an exposed outer surface and a set of aluminum fins brazed directly onto the tube by a brazing filler metal. The steel tubes may be spaced apart by the aluminum fins and have an inlet end fluidly coupled to the inlet steam distribution header and an outlet end fluidly coupled to the outlet header. A forced draft fan may be arranged to blow air through the tube bundles.