Patents
US 11598518 B2: Devices with an enhanced boiling surface with features directing bubble and liquid flow and methods thereof
- Granted
- 2023-03-07
- Filed
- 2020-06-03 application 16891616
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An enhanced boiling apparatus includes a substrate having at least one heated region, at least one outer surface, and one or more asymmetric shaped cavities extending into the substrate along the at least one outer surface. Each of the one or more asymmetric shaped cavities has a sidewall which intersects at a corner with a bubble pathway surface with a different slope from the sidewall. Each of the asymmetric shaped cavities is configured to non-gravitationally direct fluid that is moving along the sidewall out along the bubble pathway surface.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg230307.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Institute of Technology 110 patents | US company or organization | Rochester, NY | Rochester Institute of Technology College or university EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Nonprofit EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satish G. Kandlikar | Rochester, NY | 17 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| F22G | Superheating of steam | F22G1/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B01D | Separation | B01D1/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F28D | Heat-exchange apparatus, not provided for in another subclass, in which the heat-exchange media do not come into direct contact | F28D15/046 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F28F | Details of heat-exchange and heat-transfer apparatus, of general application | F28F13/187 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y10T | Technical subjects covered by former us classification | Y10T29/53113 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-03 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | KANDLIKAR, SATISH G. signed 2012-07-05 | ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROCHESTER, NY | 52827/113 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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