A radiator according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises at least one group of heat dissipation layers that are applied to the surface of the radiator so as to be sequentially layered thereon, wherein the one group of heat dissipation layer comprises a first coating layer formed by applying either a first dispersion solution or a second dispersion solution, and a second coating layer formed by applying the dispersion solution differing from that on the first coating layer, the first dispersion solution comprises positively charged metal oxide nanoparticles, and the second dispersion solution comprises negatively charged carbon nanotubes (CNT-COOH). The heat dissipation layer is formed in a porous thin film structure so as to have thickness of several micrometers, and thus increases a heat dissipation area by ten times, thereby improving heat dissipation efficiency, and can be applied without being restricted by the size, volume, shape, arrangement and the like of a radiator.

A heat exchanger includes tubes arranged in one direction, and a corrugated fin provided between the tubes. The corrugated fin includes joints joined to the tubes, and fin bodies that connect the joints which are located next to each other along the wave shape. The fin body includes a cut-raised portion that has a shape in which a part of the fin body is cut and raised for promotion of heat transfer. The cut-raised portion includes a cut-raised end on at least one end of the cut-raised portion in the one direction. The cut-raised end has recesses and projections on its surface that increase hydrophilicity of the surface of the cut-raised end.

A heat exchange conduit includes a body having a first portion including a first flow channel and a second portion including a second flow channel. A cross-section of the heat exchange conduit varies over a length of the heat exchange conduit.

The present invention relates to a technique of cooling a temperature on the surface or under a material by emitting heat under a radiative cooling device to the outside while minimizing the absorption of light in a solar spectrum by forming a paint coating layer with excellent radiative cooling performance on various surfaces. A radiative cooling device according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a paint coating layer formed by coating or dyeing on various surfaces a paint solution mixed with nano or microparticles of which a particle size and a composition are determined in consideration of infrared emissivity and reflectance to incident sunlight in a wavelength range corresponding to a sky window and a binder mechanically connecting the surfaces of the nano or microparticles in a solvent.

A system and method are provided to create porous surface coatings. In use, a material layer includes synthesized carbon-containing composite materials, wherein the synthesized carbon-containing composite materials comprise a porosity characteristic, and at least one of: heat transfer characteristics, resistance to corrosion characteristics, or non-ablative erosion characteristics. Additionally, a bonding layer comprising at least some of the synthesized carbon-containing composite materials is bonded by at least one of, a carbon-to-carbon bond, or a metal-to-carbon bond to a substrate. Further, a surface interfacial layer comprising at least some of the synthesized carbon-containing composite materials is hydraulically smooth.

The invention relates to a heat exchanger (10) of an adsorption machine, comprising—at least two heat transport pipes (15) and/or heat transport pipe sections, which are arranged at a distance (A) with respect to one another in such a way as to form at least one interspace, which is designed as a steam flow duct (18), —and pipe attachments (20) connected to the heat transport pipes (15) and/or heat transport pipe sections. According to the invention, the pipe attachments (20) are arranged in the interspace and designed as a substrate for a directly applied, binder-free active material coating (25), wherein the heat transfer grid (50) consisting of the coated pipe attachments (20) together with the heat transport pipes (15) and/or heat transport pipe sections has a steam-side outer surface of 500-3600 m.sup.2/m.sup.3.

A heat and mass transfer component comprises a lubricant-impregnated surface including hydrophobic surface features, which comprise nanostructured surface protrusions having a hydrophobic species attached thereto. The hydrophobic surface features are impregnated with a fluorinated lubricant having a viscosity in a range from about 400 mPa.Math.s to about 6000 mPa.Math.s. A method of fabricating a lubricant-impregnated surface on a heat and mass transfer component comprises: cleaning a thermally conductive substrate to form a cleaned substrate; exposing the cleaned substrate to a hot water or hot alkaline solution to form a thermally conductive substrate having nanostructured surface protrusions; depositing a hydrophobic species on the nanostructured surface protrusions to form hydrophobic surface features; and coating the hydrophobic surface features with a fluorinated lubricant having a viscosity in a range from 400 mPa.Math.s to 6000 mPa.Math.s. The heat and mass transfer component may exhibit a substantial increase in heat transfer coefficient during hydrocarbon condensation.

A method of manufacturing a laminate includes: forming a preprocessing coating on a surface of a substrate having insulating properties by accelerating the powdered material together with gas and spraying the powdered material in a solid phase onto the surface of the substrate, the powdered material including aluminum or an aluminum alloy as a main component; and forming a heat-treated coating having a surface with irregular asperities by heating a preprocessing laminate including the substrate and the preprocessing coating formed on the surface of the substrate.

Various aspects as described herein are directed to a radiative cooling device and method for cooling an object. As consistent with one or more embodiments, a radiative cooling device includes a solar spectrum reflecting structure configured and arranged to suppress light modes, and a thermally-emissive structure configured and arranged to facilitate thermally-generated electromagnetic emissions from the object and in mid-infrared (IR) wavelengths.

A component with a region to be cooled having a cooling channel which is arranged and designed so as to cool the region of the component during operation by a fluid flow, wherein the cooling channel is defined by a first channel side facing the region and by a second channel side facing away from the region. The first channel side forms a larger contact surface for the cooling channel than the second channel side. An additive manufacture process can produce the component.