Method for thermally cycling an object including a polarizable material
First Claim
1. A method of thermally cycling an object comprising:
- providing a first liquid/vapor two phase system comprising a liquid phase and a separate vapor phase of a working fluid at a first pressure and a first temperature;
providing a second liquid/vapor two phase system comprising a liquid phase and a separate vapor phase of the working fluid at a second pressure and a second temperature, wherein the first temperature is higher than the second temperature and wherein the first pressure is higher than the second pressure;
contacting the object with vapor from the vapor phase of the first liquid/vapor two-phase system such that the temperature of the object increases;
subsequently contacting the object with vapor from the vapor phase of the second liquid/vapor two-phase system such that the temperature and of the object decreases; and
optionally alternately contacting the object with vapor from the vapor phase of the first liquid/vapor two-phase system and subsequently contacting the object with vapor from the vapor phase of the second liquid/vapor two-phase one or more additional times.
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Abstract
A method of thermally cycling an object includes alternately contacting the object with vapor from each of a first liquid-vapor two-phase system and of a second liquid-vapor two-phase system of a working fluid, each of the systems two-phase including a liquid phase and a separate vapor phase. The first system two-phase is at a higher temperature and pressure than the second system two-phase. The object can include one or more layers of an electrically or magnetically polarizable material. The object can be housed in a chamber thermal and alternately contacted with vapor from the first liquid-vapor two-phase system and the second liquid-vapor two-phase system contained in a first reservoir and in a second reservoir, respectively.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of thermally cycling an object comprising:
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providing a first liquid/vapor two phase system comprising a liquid phase and a separate vapor phase of a working fluid at a first pressure and a first temperature; providing a second liquid/vapor two phase system comprising a liquid phase and a separate vapor phase of the working fluid at a second pressure and a second temperature, wherein the first temperature is higher than the second temperature and wherein the first pressure is higher than the second pressure; contacting the object with vapor from the vapor phase of the first liquid/vapor two-phase system such that the temperature of the object increases; subsequently contacting the object with vapor from the vapor phase of the second liquid/vapor two-phase system such that the temperature and of the object decreases; and optionally alternately contacting the object with vapor from the vapor phase of the first liquid/vapor two-phase system and subsequently contacting the object with vapor from the vapor phase of the second liquid/vapor two-phase one or more additional times. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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