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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2022
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);
Ravi Anant Kishore, Lakewood, CO (US);
Sampath Kommandur, Golden, CO (US);
Charles William Booten, Arvada, CO (US);
Lance Michael Wheeler, Wheat Ridge, CO (US);
Shuang Cui, Dallas, TX (US);
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a directional heat transfer using thermal control devices, including a dual phase change thermal diode and an active contact-based thermal switch. The thermal diode includes a positive temperature coefficient switching material and a negative temperature coefficient switching material arranged in series. The thermal switch includes two thermally conducting surfaces which may be moved to contact (i.e., having a distance between them of substantially zero) creating minimal thermal contact resistance. Both thermal control devices may be used to control heat flow into and/or out of a building.