Design and fabrication of evaporators for thermo-adsorptive batteries
Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014.
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| author | Farnham, Taylor A |
| author2 | Evelyn Wang. |
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| description | Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/926112019-04-11T06:31:24Z Design and fabrication of evaporators for thermo-adsorptive batteries Farnham, Taylor A Evelyn Wang. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (page 61). Current heating and cooling within electric vehicles places a significant demand on the battery, greatly reducing their potential driving range. An Advanced Thermo- Adsorptive Battery (ATB) reduces this load by storing thermal energy within a bed of adsorptive sheets. A phase change heat exchanger capable of delivering the required cooling via liquid-vapor phase change was designed and prototyped for ATB. The thermal performance and fluid flow within the phase change heat exchanger were characterized for both coolant and refrigerant. A full-scale and quarter-length prototype was designed within the desired geometric and operating condition constraints. In order to build the phase change heat exchanger, fabrication techniques, including brazing, copper sintering, and bonding porous media were explored and characterized. In addition, the quarter-length design was fabricated and insights from its construction are proposed as recommendations for future work. by Taylor A. Farnham. S.B. 2015-01-05T19:36:07Z 2015-01-05T19:36:07Z 2014 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92611 898206683 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 61 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Farnham, Taylor A Design and fabrication of evaporators for thermo-adsorptive batteries |
| title | Design and fabrication of evaporators for thermo-adsorptive batteries |
| title_full | Design and fabrication of evaporators for thermo-adsorptive batteries |
| title_fullStr | Design and fabrication of evaporators for thermo-adsorptive batteries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and fabrication of evaporators for thermo-adsorptive batteries |
| title_short | Design and fabrication of evaporators for thermo-adsorptive batteries |
| title_sort | design and fabrication of evaporators for thermo adsorptive batteries |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92611 |
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