ADAPTIVE OSCILLATING HEAT PIPE

Abstract: an adaptable oscillating heat pipe system comprises an oscillating closed loop heat pipe (ohp) configured for movement of a fluid in an internal passage in the closed loop to transfer heat from a first portion of the closed loop to a second portion and a shape memory alloy component arranged at a portion of the internal passage. the shape memory alloy component is configured to oscillate between a first shape and a second shape. in the first shape the shape memory alloy component causes the portion of the internal passage to have a first fluid flow profile and in the second shape the shape memory alloy component causes the portion of the internal passage to have a different second fluid flow profile. the oscillation of the shape memory alloy component is a function of temperature at the shape memory alloy component.

Inventor(s): Abbas A. Alahyari, Miad Yazdani

CPC Classification: F28D15/0266 (HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT (fluid heaters having heat generating means and heat transferring means ; furnaces ; details of heat-exchange apparatus of general))

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