https://doi.org/10.1051/epjam/2022017
Research Article
Metamaterials simulation for thermal diffusers
Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, S.C., Materials Physics Department, Miguel de Cervantes 120, Chihuahua 31136, Chih., Mexico
* e-mail: luis.alfonso.nb1111@gmail.com
Received:
16
July
2022
Accepted:
10
November
2022
Published online: 13 December 2022
The heat extraction efficiency of a cylindrical diffuser can be optimized by applying differential geometry [J.-P. Huang, Theoretical Thermotics: Transformation Thermotics and Extended Theories for Thermal Metamaterials (Springer, 2020)], in order to find a metamaterial design. That can be done by coupling a thermally insulating material (polytetrafluoroethylene) with a high thermal conductivity material (copper) where the heat flow is directed. By controlling the distance between the isothermal contours, to extract the heat while maintaining a constant temperature gradient along the diffuser avoiding heat accumulation.
Key words: Metamaterial / polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) / copper / isothermal contour / diffuser
© L.A. Nuñez-Betancourt and J.A. Matutes-Aquino, Published by EDP Sciences, 2022
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