9062 results about "Cooling medium" patented technology

A single-substrate processing apparatus (20) has a worktable (40) disposed in a process chamber (24), which accommodates a target substrate (W). The worktable (40) has a thermally conductive mount surface (41) to place the target substrate (W) thereon. The worktable (40) is provided with a flow passage (50) formed therein, in which a thermal medium flows for adjusting temperature of the target substrate (W) through the mount surface (41). The flow passage (50) is connected to a thermal medium supply system (54), which selectively supplies a cooling medium and a heating medium.

A cooled electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical device having at least one electrode for applying electrical energy to tissue. In one embodiment, the electrode includes an internal cavity in which a cooling medium such as water is contained. The internal cavity is closed at both ends of the device such that the cooling medium is contained within the electrode at the surgical site such that the cooling medium does not contact the tissue being treated. The electrosurgical device has an electrode and a heat pipe to conduct heat from the electrodes where substantially all heat conducted from the electrode through the heat pipe is dissipated along the length of the heat pipe. The heat pipe can have a thermal time constant less than 60 seconds and preferably less than 30 seconds.

A wind energy turbine includes a tower, a nacelle rotatably supported by the tower, a rotor rotatably supported by the nacelle, and at least one unit to be cooled and arranged in the tower and/or the nacelle. The unit is adapted to be cooled by a cooling medium flowing in a cooling circuit from the unit to at least one heat exchanger. The at least one heat exchanger is located outside of the tower and/or nacelle and configured to be cooled by ambient air.

The invention is a method for controllably cooling at least a portion of a part-cake from a laser sintering system to minimize cool down time, maximize throughput, and minimize thermal gradients within the part-cake. The method generally comprises forming one or more thermal transfer channels within the part-cake. The thermal transfer channels can include ducts and cooling fins in the part-cake surrounding the formed part. The method can further comprise removing unfused powder from the ducts and introducing cooling media into the ducts. The invention also includes a part-cake having thermal transfer channels formed therein and a laser sintering apparatus comprising a part-cake containing cylinder having permanent fittings therein for receiving terminal portions of thermal transfer channels formed in the part-cake.

A closed loop system for increasing yield, reducing post process pollution, reducing energy consumed during and after extraction of fuels or contaminants in formations and for sequestering of carbon dioxide C0₂ from various sources is converted to a critical fluid for use as a flushing and cooling medium. Electrical energy heats a hydrocarbon rich formation resulting in the extraction of hot fluids which are fed to heat exchangers, gas/liquid separator, and steam turbine whereby oil, electric power, carbon dioxide and methane are produced for reuse in the system or for external use. Further, a method for sequestering of carbon dioxide in a formation comprises the steps of injecting CO₂ into the reservoir, flushing with cool pressurized CO₂ for heat removal, infiltrating with ultra-fine low density suspended catalyst particles of dry sodium hydroxide in CO₂, pumping water moistened CO₂ into the reservoir to activate the catalysts, binding the CO₂ with reacting materials and capping the reservoir.

A personal portable cooling device for facilitating relief from hot environments or conditions, such as those caused by menopausal “hot flashes”, the cooling device having a waterproof plastic pouch with a sealable access port, internal insulation layer to resist heat transfer, waterproof inner liner to resist leakage, fastening device for selectively closing the access port, sealed bladder filled with a freezable agent that provides a cooling medium and absorbent pad to absorb moisture from the bladder.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip and leads electrically connected to the electrodes of the semiconductor chip. A hollow radiator base houses the semiconductor device which is molded with high-thermal-conductivity resin having an electrical insulating property. The radiator base has a cooling-medium channel therein or radiating fins on the outside. Alternatively, the radiator base is housed in a second radiator base.

A power electronics device for controlling an electric machine including a power section arranged within a housing which can be closed via a cover element. The power section has a plurality of capacitors and a plurality of power semiconductors which are connected to a power bus bar. In addition, a control device is provided for controlling the power electronics device. The capacitors, power semiconductors, and control device are cooled via a cooling device which is formed as a profile having an essentially U-shaped cross section. The cooling device has two lateral limbs and a base region through which cooling ducts are arranged. A suitable cooling medium flows through the cooling ducts and the ends of the cooling ducts opposite the housing cover are closed by a covering element. The capacitors, the power semiconductors and the control device are connected to the cooling device such that thermal exchange occurs between these components and the cooling device.

An alloy comprising copper, nickel, tin and, optionally, phosphorus which can be used in, for example, a copper alloy tube for heat exchangers that provides excellent fracture strength and processability for reducing the weight of the tube and for use in high pressure applications with cooling media such as carbon dioxide.

The disclosures made herein relate to methods and equipment adapted for treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and for limiting, if not preventing, damage to surface tissue while coagulating tissue within the myocardium. In one embodiment of the disclosures made herein, a cooled tip laser catheter system includes an energy delivery apparatus, a laser apparatus and a cooling medium supply apparatus. The energy delivery apparatus includes a flexible tubular housing, a tip assembly and an optical waveguide. The flexible tubular housing includes a plurality of lumens therein extending between a proximal end and a distal end of the flexible tubular housing. The tip assembly includes a tip body attached at a first end thereof to the distal end of the flexible tubular housing and an optical window mounted at a second end of the tip body. The circulation chamber is defined within the tip body between the distal end of the flexible tubular housing and the optical window. The optical waveguide is mounted within a first of said lumens, wherein a distal end of the optical waveguide is exposed within the circulation chamber. The laser apparatus is attached to the energy delivery apparatus in a manner enabling laser light to be supplied to and transmitted by the optical waveguide. The cooling medium supply apparatus is attached to the energy delivery apparatus in a manner enabling cooling medium to be circulated through the circulation chamber.

The present invention generally relates to an apparatus and method for sealing a tubular string. In one aspect, a drilling system is provided. The drilling system includes a rotating control head for sealing the tubular string while permitting axial movement of the string relative to the rotating control head. The drilling system also includes an actuating fluid for actuating the rotating control head and maintaining a pressure differential between a fluid pressure in the rotating control head and a wellbore pressure. Additionally, the drilling system includes a cooling medium for passing through the rotating control head. In another aspect, a rotating control head is provided. In yet another aspect, a method for sealing a tubular in a rotating control head is provided.

The invention provides a circulating refrigerating method. As a refrigerant is expanded, the flow speed of the refrigerant is increased, kinetic energy is increased, pressure and temperature are reduced, the refrigerant absorbs heat of a cold medium in an evaporator to be evaporated, the cold medium releases the heat to reduce the temperature to achieve refrigerating, the refrigerant absorbing the heat is expanded, the flow speed is increased, the refrigerant enters a diffusion pipe to be compressed, the flow speed is reduced, the pressure and the temperature rise, refrigerant steam enters a condenser to be condensed into liquid, the refrigerant releases the heat to be condensed into the refrigerant liquid to enter a liquid pump so that refrigerating circulation can be formed, the evaporation degree of the refrigerant entering the diffusion pipe is not limited, water can be used as the refrigerant, the problems that the refrigerant like Freon destroys the atmospheric ozone layer, and equipment is corroded by a chemical absorption agent used in a liquid-steam absorption system in the refrigerating process are solved, the refrigerant absorbs the heat of the low-temperature cold medium in the evaporator, and releases the heat in the condenser through diffusion and temperature rising, the cooling medium obtains the heat, and the temperature rises to supply the heat. The invention provides a refrigerating circulating system.

A rotating electrical machine includes: a stator that includes a cylindrical stator core and a stator winding wire wound around the stator core; and a rotor disposed facing the stator via a gap; wherein at least one cooling medium path extending in a direction of a central axis of the stator core is provided in the stator; and the cooling medium path is inclined relative to the central axis of the stator core.

A cooling system for an ultrasonic imaging system is provided, the ultrasonic imaging system having a probe for transmitting and receiving acoustic signals through a tip of the probe to and from biological tissue contacting the tip at an outer surface of the tip. The cooling system includes a conduit for circulating cooling medium therein, and a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the circulating cooling medium and having means for removing heat from the circulating cooling medium, wherein at least a portion the conduit is in proximity to or contacts the outer surface of the probe tip. In a first embodiment the conduit includes an inlet fluid line extending from the heat exchanger to the tip of the probe for providing the circulating cooling medium from the heat exchanger to the probe tip, and an outlet cooling line extending from the tip of the probe to the heat exchanger for providing circulating cooling medium from the probe tip to the heat exchanger. In a second embodiment the heat exchanger is housed in the probe. In a third embodiment, the probe is housed within a housing, wherein a portion of the conduit extends from the tip of the probe along an external surface of the housing.

An insulated container that provides non-contact cooling. A cooling medium is maintained in a reservoir or pocket that is separate from a food compartment. In an embodiment, the insulated container includes a tube or manifold for moving cold water around the food compartment. A battery powered, solar powered, or hand operated pump may be provided for moving the fluids around the food compartment. A liner for the food compartment may be formed of a highly thermally conducted material, such as aluminum, to maximize heat transfer between reservoir, and/or the tube or manifold system and the liner.

There is disclosed a battery pack which comprises a packing case, a combination battery housed in the packing case and having a plurality of flat and rectangular type secondary batteries which are laminated each other, a hollow body interposed at least between the flat and rectangular type secondary batteries in the combination battery and made of a thermoplastic resin film having a melting point of 110 to 200° C., and a cooling medium passed through the hollow body and includes an nonflammable insulating solvent.

Apparatus and method for achieving improved performance in a solid-state laser. The solid-state laser apparatus preferably uses a laser gain medium in the shape of a disk wherein optical pump radiation is injected into the peripheral edge of the disk. In the preferred embodiment the laser gain medium is provided with optical coatings for operation in the active mirror configuration. Furthermore, the laser gain medium is pressure-clamped to a rigid, cooled substrate, which allows it to maintain a prescribed shape even when experiencing significant thermal load. A cooling medium can be provided to a heat exchanger internal to the substrate and/or flowed through the passages on the substrate surface, thereby directly cooling the laser gain medium. Sources of optical pump radiation are placed around the perimeter of the gain medium. Tapered ducts may be disposed between the sources and the gain medium for the purpose of concentrating optical pump radiation. With the proper choice of laser gain medium doping, pump source divergence and geometry, a uniform laser gain is achieved across large portions of the gain medium.

An apparatus and method for molding balloon catheters is disclosed. The balloon may be molded by providing a polymeric tube within a mold having an interior cavity in the shape of the desired balloon. Microwave energy, which may be generated by a gyrotron, may then be directed toward the mold, to heat the polymeric material without heating the mold. Once heated, pressurized fluid may be injected into the tube to blow the polymeric material against the interior cavity whereupon the material can cool to form the balloon or can be further heatset by additional microwave energy and be cooled to form the balloon. In accordance with one embodiment, microwave energy can also be used without a mold to form a medical device. A polymer extrusion apparatus is disclosed utilizing a microwave energy for heating polymer feedstock material within the extruder tip and die unit just prior to formation of the extrudate product. A cooling bath mechanism, which in one embodiment can also include a cooling tube member having a cooling medium forced therethrough, is also disclosed. An apparatus for preparing polymer disk members, to use as the polymer feedstock material for the microwave extrusion apparatus, is also disclosed. Apparatus for interconnecting and rotating the polymer disk members, the die tip, or the die, or any combination thereof, for creating angularity characteristics in the polymer extrudate, is also disclosed.