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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2021
Applicant:
The Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Dmitry Khrustalev, Woodstock, MD (US);
Timothy Holman, Alexandria, VA (US);
Robert Baldauff, Mechanicsville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 15/04 (2006.01); F28D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 15/043 (2013.01); F28D 15/0266 (2013.01); F28D 2015/0291 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pump-augmented Loop Heat Pipe (LHP) includes a conventional LHP evaporator/reservoir assembly; one or more additional evaporators; a condenser; a condenser bypass; and a pump upstream of the condenser and condenser bypass and configured to pump fluid generally toward the one or more additional evaporators.