Method and system for cooling high power density devices

US7010930B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Mehmet Arik · Niskayuna, US
• Warren F. Bessler · Niskayuna, US
• Michael John Bowman · Niskayuna, US
• Charles Max Byrd · Redwood City, US
• William Dwight Gerstler · Niskayuna, US
• Daniel P. Smith · Ballston Spa, US
• Todd Garrett Wetzel · Rexford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 24, 2003
• Grant date: Mar 14, 2006
• Expiry date: Apr 29, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01L2924/0002
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A turbomachinery system for cooling a high power density device includes a turbomachine configured to deliver a high flux cooling medium toward the high power density device, a housing containing a motor, a compressor, or both, of the turbomachine, a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the turbomachine and arranged for being thermally coupled to the high power density device, and a transition duct arranged intermediate the heat exchanger and turbomachine.