Two-phase component cooler with radioactive initiator

Details Two-phase component cooler with radioactive initiator Two-phase component cooler with radioactive initiator

1994-03-22

1995-12-05

Rivell, John

Heat exchange

Intermediate fluent heat exchange material receiving and...

Liquid fluent heat exchange material

16510433, 257715, 361700, F28D 1500

Patent

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054720435

ABSTRACT:
A two-phase cooling apparatus uses a radioactive initiator to induce boiling in a liquid coolant, thus reducing thermal hysteresis. A radioactive source, such as spent uranium, is immersed in a liquid coolant bath to allow interaction between the emitted radiation and the liquid. A heat spreader plate may be used to conduct heat to the liquid from a unit to be cooled. An interior surface of a coolant chamber, such as the heat spreader plate, may be plated with a radioactive material to induce a high incidence of nucleation sites. A shielding material may also be used to shield the unit being cooled from the radioactive source. The radioactive source material may also be used to retrofit existing two-phase cooling systems.

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