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Apparatus and method for cooling a structure using boiling fluid

US6252934A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 9, 1999
Grant dateJun 26, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 9, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2235/1275
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cooling apparatus and method for cooling a structure using boiling fluid acted upon by centrifugal force. The cooling apparatus has an actuator with a shaft, a heat transfer member with a heat transfer surface and a fluid passageway connected to the shaft and in thermal communication with the structure. The cooling apparatus can be used to cool the anode of an x-ray tube.

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