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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2016
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Kevin R. Smith, Columbia, MO (US);
Kevin Ptasienski, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Ray Alan Derler, Ballwin, MO (US);
Cal T. Swanson, St. Louis, MO (US);
Philip S. Schmidt, Winona, MN (US);
Mohammad Nosrati, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jacob R. Lindley, St. Louis, MO (US);
Allen N. Boldt, Kirkwood, MO (US);
Sanhong Zhang, Ballwin, MO (US);
Louis P. Steinhauser, St. Louis, MO (US);
Dennis S. Grimard, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A thermal system includes: a base member including at least one fluid passageway in which a two-phase fluid is disposed; a tuning layer secured to the base member; and a control system. The pressure of the two-phase fluid is controlled such that the two-phase fluid provides at least one of heating and cooling to the base member. The tuning layer includes a plurality of zones. The control system includes a plurality of sets of power lines in communication with the tuning layer, and a plurality of addressable control elements in electrical communication with the power lines and with the tuning layer. The control elements provide selective control of the tuning layer zones.