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Method of removing heat utilizing geometrically reoriented low-profile phase plane heat pipes

  • US 8,621,875 B2
  • Filed: 08/17/2010
  • Issued: 01/07/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of removing heat from at least one heat generating component, the method comprising:

  • forming a geometrically reoriented heat pipe having an evaporator section and a condenser section;

    positioning the evaporator section proximate the at least one heat generating component;

    positioning a thermoelectric element between the at least one heat generating component and the evaporator section;

    transferring heat, via the thermoelectric element, from the at least one heat generating component to a heat transfer fluid contained within the evaporator section of the geometrically reoriented heat pipe;

    migrating the heat transfer fluid to the condenser section of the geometrically reoriented heat pipe, wherein the condenser section is geometrically reoriented relative to the evaporator section;

    cooling the heat transfer fluid within the condenser section; and

    returning the heat transfer fluid to the evaporator section.

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