Thermosiphon with multiport tube and flow arrangement
US10989483B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 18, 2017 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 18, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28F1/128
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A thermosiphon device includes one or more flat multiport tube structures having at least one section that defines a plurality of flow channels and at least one web that extends from the section in a plane of the flat multiport tube structures. The flow channels may function as condensing channels, e.g., in a counterflow device, or as evaporation channels. A multiport tube structure may include two sections that each define a plurality of flow channels and the two sections may be joined by a web that extends between the sections in the plane of the multiport tube structure. The sections may function as condensing channels, as evaporation channels, or one section may function as a set of evaporation channel and the other section may function as a set of condensing channels. Multiport tube sections may alternately function as a vapor supply path or liquid return path.
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