A heat spreading element is provided. The heat spreading element includes compressible pyrolytic graphite sheets and rigid pyrolytic graphite sheets interleaved with the compressible pyrolytic graphite sheets.

A heating panel includes a lower panel mounted on the floor and an upper panel serving as a cover of the lower panel. The lower panel includes: a plurality of first guides protruding upward from the bottom surface to guide installation of a heating hose; and a first air passage formed as a groove on the bottom surface and the surface of the first guide, and further includes a plurality of second guides protruding upward from the bottom surface, having the first air passage on the surface thereof, and disposed between the plurality of first guides to guide installation of the heating hose. The upper panel is coupled to the lower panel and includes: a second air passage formed on the bottom surface in a groove form; and a second fastening member coupled with the first fastening member.

A heating panel includes a lower panel mounted on the floor and an upper panel serving as a cover of the lower panel. The lower panel includes: a plurality of first guides protruding upward from the bottom surface to guide installation of a heating hose; and a first air passage formed as a groove on the bottom surface and the surface of the first guide, and further includes a plurality of second guides protruding upward from the bottom surface, having the first air passage on the surface thereof, and disposed between the plurality of first guides to guide installation of the heating hose. The upper panel is coupled to the lower panel and includes: a second air passage formed on the bottom surface in a groove form; and a second fastening member coupled with the first fastening member.

Provided is a thermal conduction sheet, including graphite particles (A) of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of flake-shaped particles, ellipsoidal particles, and rod-shaped particles, in which: when the graphite particles (A) are flake-shaped particles, a planar direction of the graphite particles (A) is oriented in a thickness direction of the thermal conduction sheet, when the graphite particles (A) are ellipsoidal particles, a major axis direction of the graphite particles (A) is oriented in the thickness direction of the thermal conduction sheet, when the graphite particles (A) are rod-like particles, a longitudinal direction of the graphite particles (A) is oriented in the thickness direction of the thermal conduction sheet, the thermal conduction sheet has an elastic modulus of 1.4 MPa or less under a compression stress of 0.1 MPa at 150° C., and the thermal conduction sheet has a tack strength of 5.0 N.Math.mm or higher at 25° C.

Provided is a thermal conduction sheet, including graphite particles (A) of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of flake-shaped particles, ellipsoidal particles, and rod-shaped particles, in which: when the graphite particles (A) are flake-shaped particles, a planar direction of the graphite particles (A) is oriented in a thickness direction of the thermal conduction sheet, when the graphite particles (A) are ellipsoidal particles, a major axis direction of the graphite particles (A) is oriented in the thickness direction of the thermal conduction sheet, when the graphite particles (A) are rod-like particles, a longitudinal direction of the graphite particles (A) is oriented in the thickness direction of the thermal conduction sheet, the thermal conduction sheet has an elastic modulus of 1.4 MPa or less under a compression stress of 0.1 MPa at 150° C., and the thermal conduction sheet has a tack strength of 5.0 N.Math.mm or higher at 25° C.

An object is to provide a heat conductive sheet having good handleability when mounting between the heating element and the heat dissipator, and softness that enables the distortion of the heating element, the heat dissipator, and the like to be suppressed in use. The heat conductive sheet contains: a matrix comprising a cured product of organopolysiloxane; and heat conductive fillers comprising anisotropic fillers with their major axes oriented in the thickness direction, and has a load property P represented b formula (1) below of 0.1 to 0.7: Load property P=(F.sub.30−F.sub.20)/F.sub.10 (1) wherein F.sub.10 is a load of the heat conductive sheet at 10% compression, F.sub.20 is a load of the heat conductive sheet at 20% compression, and F.sub.30 is a load of the heat conductive sheet at 30% compression.

The invention provides an energy storage apparatus comprising a crucible having a cavity and a channel, a phase change material stored in the cavity of the crucible and a heat exchanger having an inlet and an outlet, wherein at least a portion of the heat exchanger is disposed along the channel. Also provided are methods of reversibly storing and/or extracting energy, and an energy storage array comprising a plurality of energy storage apparatus as described above.

The invention provides an energy storage apparatus comprising a crucible having a cavity and a channel, a phase change material stored in the cavity of the crucible and a heat exchanger having an inlet and an outlet, wherein at least a portion of the heat exchanger is disposed along the channel. Also provided are methods of reversibly storing and/or extracting energy, and an energy storage array comprising a plurality of energy storage apparatus as described above.

graphite composite laminated heat-dissipating structure and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The structure includes a metal substrate and a graphite heat-dissipating layer. The metal substrate has a first surface having a roughness ranging between 0.01 and 10 μm. The graphite heat-dissipating layer is composed of pure graphite and is directly formed on the first surface by means of physical vapor deposition using a carbon sputtering target. The graphite heat-dissipating layer has a thickness ranging between 0.05 and 2 μm. The manufacturing method includes S1: directly forming a graphite heat-dissipating layer on a first surface of a metal substrate by means of physical vapor deposition using a carbon sputtering target after the metal substrate has received plasma treatment or infrared heating; and S2: stopping the physical vapor deposition when the graphite heat-dissipating layer has a thickness ranging between 0.05 and 2 μm.

graphite composite laminated heat-dissipating structure and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The structure includes a metal substrate and a graphite heat-dissipating layer. The metal substrate has a first surface having a roughness ranging between 0.01 and 10 μm. The graphite heat-dissipating layer is composed of pure graphite and is directly formed on the first surface by means of physical vapor deposition using a carbon sputtering target. The graphite heat-dissipating layer has a thickness ranging between 0.05 and 2 μm. The manufacturing method includes S1: directly forming a graphite heat-dissipating layer on a first surface of a metal substrate by means of physical vapor deposition using a carbon sputtering target after the metal substrate has received plasma treatment or infrared heating; and S2: stopping the physical vapor deposition when the graphite heat-dissipating layer has a thickness ranging between 0.05 and 2 μm.