Composite heat absorption device and method for obtaining same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9936608-B2
Application number	US-201615378448-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2016
Priority date	Dec 17, 2015
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

Production of a heat absorption device comprising a first face intended to be in contact with a hot source and a second face opposite to the first face, a network of cells filled with a first phase change material being arranged between the first face, a passage between cells being filled with at least one second phase change material different from the first phase change material.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A heat absorption device comprising a first face intended to be in contact with a hot source and a second face opposite to the first face, a network of cells filled with a first phase change material being arranged between the first face and the second face, at least one first cell and at least one second cell of the network being arranged in a same plane parallel to the first face, the first cell comprising a first lateral wall which extends between the first face and the second face whereas the second cell comprises at least one second lateral wall which extends between the first face and the second face,
the network of cells being laid out such that a passage is provided between the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall and that this passage is filled with at least one second phase change material different from the first phase change material.

2. The heat absorption device according to claim 1 , wherein the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall are formed of carbon nanotubes.

3. The heat absorption device according to claim 1 , wherein at least the first cell comprises several separate channels which extend between the first face and the second face parallel to the first lateral wall.

4. The heat absorption device according to claim 1 , wherein the first phase change material has a first melting temperature and in which the second phase change material has a second melting temperature, the second melting temperature being less than the first melting temperature.

5. The heat absorption device according to claim 1 , wherein the first phase change material is a paraffin.

6. The heat absorption device according to claim 1 , the second phase change material being metal.

7. An electronic system comprising:
at least one first electronic component forming a first heat source,
at least one second electronic component forming a second heat source,
at least one heat absorption device according to claim 1 , the first electronic component and the second electronic component being in thermal contact with the first face of the heat absorption device.

8. A method of manufacturing a heat absorption device according to claim 1 , including:
filling at least one first cell and at least one second cell of the network with a first phase change material in the liquid state thereof,
filling a passage situated between the first cell and the second cell with a second phase change material in the liquid state thereof.

9. The method according to claim 8 , in which the first cell comprises several separate channels, the channels having a critical dimension less than a critical dimension of the passage between the first cell and a second cell.

10. The method according to claim 8 , in which the first phase change material has a first melting temperature greater than the melting temperature of the second phase change material, the filling being carried out at a temperature less than the melting temperature of the first phase change material.

11. The method according to claim 8 , including prior to the filling of at least the first cell and to the filling of said passage, the steps of:
definition of a pattern of the network of cells in a masking formed on a support, then
deposition of a layer of catalyst, then
removal of the masking, then
growth of carbon nanotubes so as to define the network of cells with lateral walls made of carbon nanotubes.

Assignees

• Commissariat Energie Atomique

Inventors

• Soupremanien Ulrich
• Ollier Emmanuel

Classifications

• H10W40/735

  by melting or evaporation of solids · CPC title

• H10W40/25 Primary

  characterised by their materials · CPC title

• H05K7/20336 Primary

  Heat pipes, e.g. wicks or capillary pumps · CPC title

• C09K5/063

  Materials absorbing or liberating heat during crystallisation; Heat storage materials · CPC title

• C01B32/00

  Carbon; Compounds thereof (C01B21/00, C01B23/00 take precedence; percarbonates C01B15/10; carbon black C09C1/48) · CPC title