Thermal rectifier
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A thermal rectifier is a device that preferentially passes heat
Heat
In physics and thermodynamics, heat is energy transferred from one body, region, or thermodynamic system to another due to thermal contact or thermal radiation when the systems are at different temperatures. It is often described as one of the fundamental processes of energy transfer between...

 in one direction; a "one-way valve" for heat. The name is by analogy with an electrical rectifier
Rectifier
A rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current , which periodically reverses direction, to direct current , which flows in only one direction. The process is known as rectification...

, which performs a similar function for electric current.

External links

  • http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24222/
  • http://arxiv.org/abs/0910.1153
  • http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0022-3727/3/9/316
  • http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/17822/
  • http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2002/061202/One-way_heat_valve_possible_061202.html
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