VESSEL FOR TRANSFERRING THERMAL ENERGY TO AND INDUCING CONVECTION IN A CONTAINED FLUID

摘要

An article of manufacture that includes a wall portion having a wall inner surface and a wall outer surface. The article of manufacture also includes a base portion having a base inner surface and a base outer surface. At least a portion of the wall portion and the base portion form a vessel to retain a fluid therein. The article of manufacture also has a shaped portion of the base inner surface and/or a shaped portion of the wall inner surface. A first section of the shaped portion may have a first surface area in thermal contact with the fluid. A second section of the shaped portion may have a second surface area in thermal contact with the fluid. The first and second surface areas may be different thereby inducing convection within the fluid that increases heat transfer from the heat source to the fluid.

主权项

1. An article of manufacture comprising:
a wall portion having a wall inner surface and a wall outer surface; a base portion having a base inner surface and a base outer surface, at least a portion of the wall portion and the base portion forming a vessel to retain fluid therein, at least a heating surface portion of the base outer surface positioned to receive heat from a heating source; and a shaped portion of the base inner surface or the wall inner surface, the shaped portion including a plurality of ridges and furrows, a first section of the shaped portion having a first surface area in thermal contact with the fluid and a second section of the shaped portion having a second surface area in thermal contact with the fluid, the first surface areas having different surface area than the second surface area to transfer heat from the heating source to the fluid unevenly and induce convection within the fluid that increases heat transfer from the heat source to the fluid.