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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2015
Aydin K. Sunol, Lutz, FL (US);
Sermin G. Sunol, Lutz, FL (US);
Emilee Chassanne Bannister, Tampa, FL (US);
Pamela Alvarez Moreno, Atlantico, CO;
Kyle Louis Cogswell, Tampa, FL (US);
Aydin K. Sunol, Lutz, FL (US);
Sermin G. Sunol, Lutz, FL (US);
Emilee Chassanne Bannister, Tampa, FL (US);
Pamela Alvarez Moreno, Atlantico, CO;
Kyle Louis Cogswell, Tampa, FL (US);
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
Self-heating apparatus and methodology for customizing a time-temperature profile thereof. The layered apparatus includes at least a layer of phase change material and a layer of air- or oxygen-activated material. When the air- or oxygen-activated material is activated, heat is released rapidly and is absorbed by the phase change material. The phase change material then releases the absorbed heat over a long period of time. Time-temperature profiles can be adjusted based on type, amount, and configuration of phase change and air-activated materials used. The apparatus and methodology allows rapid heat-up of times of a few minutes and lasts several hours at near constant tunable temperatures.