Patent ID: 8206557
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: B01D,C02F,Y02A,Y02W,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a housing assembly having a side wall defining a reservoir configured to receive a volume of a fluid, the side wall defining a first opening; and a substantially conical heat-transfer element disposed within an interior volume of the housing assembly to define a condensing chamber and a boiling chamber, the substantially conical heat-transfer element including an outer surface, an inner surface, and defining a second opening placing the condensing chamber in fluid communication with the boiling chamber, the substantially conical heat-transfer element positioned such that the volume of the fluid flows from the reservoir and across the outer surface of the substantially conical heat-transfer element via the first opening, the substantially conical heat-transfer element configured such that a portion of the fluid is boiled within the boiling chamber when the portion of the fluid flows across the outer surface, a size of the first opening configured to determine a flow rate of the volume of the fluid flowing across the outer surface of the substantially conical heat-transfer element; and a compression component configured to produce a pressure differential between the boiling portion and the condensing portion to move the portion of the fluid through the second opening, the substantially conical heat-transfer element configured such that the portion of the fluid is condensed at the inner surface.