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US 12,366,386 · App. 18/500,358 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Radiative cooling systems

Inventors: Aaswath Raman (Los Angeles, CA); Eli A. Goldstein (Mountain View, CA); Shanhui Fan (Stanford, CA)
Assignee: SkyCool Systems, Inc.
F24S70/225B32B18/00C09K5/08F24S70/16F24S70/60F25B23/003F28F13/18
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Patent No.
US 12,366,386
App. No.
18/500,358
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A material may be included in a cooling film or cooling panel to achieve cooling even under direct solar irradiation. The material includes one or more constituent materials and an outer surface configured to interact thermally with the atmosphere and with solar radiation. The material exhibits an emissivity of at least 0.8 in spectral range of 5 μm to 15 μm, an ultraviolet reflectivity of at least 0.5 in the spectral range of 275 nm to 375 nm, an ultraviolet absorptivity of at least 0.75 in the spectral range of 275 nm to 375 nm, or a combination thereof. A cooling film, or cooling panel, may be affixed to an exterior surface of a vehicle, structure, or system to provide cooling even under direct solar irradiance.

Claims (30)

1. A radiative cooling material that, under direct solar irradiation, comprises:

an average thermal emissivity greater than 0.85 in a spectral range of 5 μm to 15 μm; and

an average reflectance of at least 0.8 in a spectral range of 0.3 μm to 4 μm.

2. The radiative cooling material of claim 1 , further comprising a UV absorptivity of at least 0.75 in a spectral range of 0.275 μm to 0.375 μm.

3. The radiative cooling material of claim 1 , wherein the average reflectance is greater than 0.93 in the spectral range of 0.3 μm to 4 μm.

4. The radiative cooling material of claim 1 , wherein the radiative cooling material comprises a plurality of layers, and wherein at least one layer of the plurality of layers provides the average reflectance greater than 0.8 in the spectral range of 0.3 μm to 4 μm.

5. The radiative cooling material of claim 1 , wherein the radiative cooling material comprises a plurality of layers, and wherein at least one layer of the plurality of layers comprises an ensemble of particles configured to provide the average reflectance greater than 0.8 in the spectral range of 0.3 μm to 4 μm.

6. The radiative cooling material of claim 1 , further comprising a radiative cooling rate of greater than 10 W/m2 of net heat rejection.

7. The radiative cooling material of claim 1 , further comprising at least one diffuse reflector to prevent light scattering.

8. The radiative cooling material of claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the radiative cooling material is configured to be resilient to soiling and weathering.

9. The radiative cooling material of claim 8 , wherein the top surface comprises micro-structuring.

10. The radiative cooling material of claim 8 , wherein the top surface is hydrophobic.

11. A cooling panel comprising:

an outer surface configured to interact thermally with an atmosphere and with solar radiation; and

a radiative cooling material that causes the cooling panel to comprise:

an average thermal emissivity greater than 0.85 in a spectral range of 5 μm to 15 μm, and

an average reflectance of at least 0.8 in a spectral range of 0.3 μm to 4 μm.

12. The cooling panel of claim 11 , wherein the radiative cooling material causes the cooling panel to further comprise a UV absorptivity of at least 0.75 in a spectral range of 0.275 μm to 0.375 μm.

13. The cooling panel of claim 11 , wherein the radiative cooling material comprises a plurality of layers, and wherein at least one layer of the plurality of layers provides the average reflectance greater than 0.8 in the spectral range of 0.3 μm to 4 μm.

14. The cooling panel of claim 11 , wherein the radiative cooling material comprises a plurality of layers, and wherein at least one layer of the plurality of layers comprises an ensemble of particles configured to provide the average reflectance greater than 0.8 in the spectral range of 0.3 μm to 4 μm.

15. The cooling panel of claim 11 , wherein the radiative cooling material causes the cooling panel to further comprise a radiative cooling rate of greater than 10 W/m2 of net heat rejection.

16. The cooling panel of claim 11 , further comprising at least one diffuse reflector to prevent light scattering.

17. The cooling panel of claim 11 , wherein a top surface of the cooling panel is configured to be resilient to soiling and weathering.

18. The cooling panel of claim 17 , wherein the top surface comprises micro-structuring.

19. The cooling panel of claim 17 , wherein the top surface is hydrophobic.

20. A cooling system comprising:

a radiative cooling material affixed to a heat exchanger, wherein under direct solar irradiation, the radiative cooling material comprises:

an average thermal emissivity greater than 0.85 in a spectral range of 5 μm to 15 μm, and

an average reflectance of at least 0.8 in a spectral range of 0.3 μm to 4 μm; and

the heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to cool a fluid based on a cooling power of the radiative cooling material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2023
From: RAMAN, AASWATH; GOLDSTEIN, ELI A.; FAN, SHANHUI
To: SKYCOOL SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 065445/0333 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17747340 · May 18, 2022
Continuation 16852132 · Apr 17, 2020
Provisional Application 62835411 · Apr 17, 2019
Related Publication 20240288200A1 · Aug 29, 2024
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