Thermal bus for cabinets housing high power electronics equipment
US6536510B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 10, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28D15/0266
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A thermal bus is provided for cabinets housing high power electronics equipment that includes two spaced-apart horizontally oriented parallel evaporators interconnected in flow communication with a condenser. Each evaporator is mounted in a support having a central recess and each having a tube having a capillary wick disposed on an internal surface and being mounted within the central recess of the support. Each of the tubes includes a closed distal end and a closed proximal end with a liquid-working fluid entrance port located at the closed proximal end of the first tube and a vaporous-working fluid exit port located at the closed proximal end of the second tube. A duct defining a central passageway and having a capillary wick disposed on the walls of the central passageway is disposed in fluid communication with the first tube and the second tube. The condenser has a vaporous-working fluid entrance port disposed in flow communication with the vaporous-working fluid exit port of the evaporator and a liquid-working fluid exit port disposed in flow communication with the liquid-working fluid entrance port of the evaporator so that a working fluid cycles; (i) through the two spaced-…
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