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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
May. 13, 2008
Applicant:
Edwin Thurnau, McGaheysville, VA (US);
Inventor:
Edwin Thurnau, McGaheysville, VA (US);
Assignee:
GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc., Charlottesville, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 9/00 (2006.01); F28G 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for cooling an object includes coupling a cooling device to the object, wherein the cooling device includes at least one thermoacoustic engine and a plurality of gas diodes, generating acoustic power with the thermoacoustic engine, channeling acoustic oscillations of a fluid through the gas diodes, and transferring the heat produced by the object to the fluid to facilitate moving the heat away from the object.