Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.

Posted on October 16, 2009

Lancaster, PA - Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT) announced today an agreement with The Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) for an exclusive license on the Momentum-driven Vortex Phase Separator (MDVPS) Technology developed by the Interphase Transport Phenomena Group of the Space Engineering Research Center (SERC) under the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES).

The addition of MDVPS technology greatly expands ACT’s already impressive portfolio of two-phase technology.

Using the intrinsic momentum of a two-phase flow, the MDVPS produces complete separation of the phases. This allows for direct contact heat and mass transfer, as well as management of system transients through the accumulation of either phase. Designs are robust, compact, and involve no moving parts or seals, thus yielding unparalleled reliability and significantly reduced maintenance requirements. The technology has been demonstrated to perform well in any orientation and under microgravity or accelerations up to twice that of gravity, including inverse loads. This makes the technology suitable for phase separation in both Aerospace and Terrestrial applications.

Advanced application of the MDVPS technology allows ACT to design for higher heat transport with a reduction in overall system size and resistance to acceleration loads. Advanced applications currently under development include, but are not limited to, Geothermal, Air Conditioning, Humidity Control, Purification, Vapor Compression, and Two-phase Thermal Bus Architecture.

"It's an exciting technology that has the potential for broad market segments", said Dr. Jon Zuo, President and Chief Technical Officer of ACT. "We're very pleased to have a partner in Texas A&M in our commercialization effort."

"The Space Engineering Research Center here at Texas A&M has been pleased to work with ACT for several years. ACT's cutting edge technologies dovetail nicely with SERC's research and development activities. Thus, we are very happy to partner with ACT in the commercialization of the MDVPS," said Dr. Frederick Best, Director of SERC.

About ACT, Inc.

ACT specializes in advanced thermal technology development and custom thermal product manufacturing. ACT designs and manufactures heat pipes, pumped liquid and two-phase loops and thermal storage devices for customers in aerospace, military, commercial and government R&D sectors.

ACT's Team consists of personnel with established track records in technology development, commercialization and production. Various personnel were involved in pioneering work on heat pipes, loop heat pipes and other two-phase heat transfer devices. ACT employees are the inventors/co-inventors on more than 60 U.S. and international patents and the authors/co-authors of more than 350 scientific publications.

ACT's facility measures approximately 29,500 square feet, including office, laboratory and manufacturing spaces. It is capable of performing complex design, analysis, manufacture and testing work including CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), FEA (Finite Element Analysis), 3-D solid modeling, vacuum processing, high temperature materials processing, and high heat flux testing. This facility has produced thermal hardware with the following operating ranges:

• Temperatures: from -150 to 1,100°C.
• Pressures: from 10^-9 torr to 10,000psi.
• Heat fluxes: to 1,500W/cm².
• Heat load: from less than 1W to 540kW.

ACT is certified to ISO 9001:2000 standards to terrestrial applications and AS9100B standards for Aerospace applications.

Media Contact:
Kyle S Van Riper
Business Development Manager
Aerospace Products Group
E-mail: Kyle.VanRiper@1-ACT.com
Phone : +1 (717) 295-6099