Arrangement for cooling a closed cabinet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10634434-B2
Application number	US-201615246207-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2016
Priority date	Aug 26, 2015
Publication date	Apr 28, 2020
Grant date	Apr 28, 2020

Abstract

An arrangement for cooling a closed, sealed cabinet ( 1 ), comprising a thermosiphon heat exchanger ( 2 ) disposed inside the cabinet ( 1 ) and having an evaporator ( 3 ) and a condenser ( 4 ) for circulating a working fluid between the evaporator ( 3 ) and the condenser ( 4 ) in a closed loop, wherein the working fluid evaporated in the evaporator ( 3 ) by heat flows to the condenser ( 4 ) for cooling and the condensed working fluid flows back to the evaporator ( 3 ). The evaporator ( 3 ) is exposed to hot air flow generated inside the cabinet ( 1 ), and a heat transfer element ( 5 ) is attached to the condenser ( 3 ) in a sealed manner through a cabinet wall ( 6 ) for transferring heat to the outside of the cabinet ( 1 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An arrangement for cooling a closed, sealed cabinet, comprising
a thermosiphon heat exchanger disposed inside the cabinet and having an evaporator and a condenser both inside the cabinet for circulating a working fluid between the evaporator and the condenser in a closed loop,
wherein the working fluid evaporated in the evaporator by heat flows to the condenser for cooling and the working fluid condensed in the condenser flows back to the evaporator,
wherein,
the evaporator is exposed to hot air flow generated inside the cabinet, conduits of the evaporator being parallel to each other and spaced from each other with fins being disposed between the conduits to form passages extending through the evaporator transversely to the conduits, the fins extending across a space between adjacent conduits of the conduits such that each of the passages is defined by two of the adjacent conduits and two adjacent fins of the fins ends of the conduits being connected by manifolds at the ends of the conduits, and the evaporator being axially curved to form an arc, wherein the hot air flow passes through the passages to pass through the evaporator from one side of the evaporator to another side of the evaporator, and that
a heat transfer element is attached to the condenser in a sealed manner through a cabinet wall for transferring heat to outside of the cabinet.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger functions on a gravity heat pipe principle.

3. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger functions on a pulsating heat pipe principle.

4. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the condenser is above the evaporator.

5. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the evaporator and the condenser are adjacent to each other and on the same level.

6. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein each conduit of the conduits includes a plurality of flow channels for the working fluid.

7. The arrangement according to claim 1 , which further comprises a fan for directing hot air generated in the cabinet towards the evaporator.

8. The arrangement according to claim 1 , which further comprises a liquid cooled heat sink attached to an exterior surface of the heat transfer element.

9. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the heat transfer element includes a liquid cooled, heat sink.

10. The arrangement according to claim 1 , which further comprises an evaporator of another thermosiphon heat exchanger attached to an exterior surface of the heat transfer element.

11. The arrangement according to claim 1 , which further comprises an air cooled heat sink attached to an exterior surface of the heat transfer element.

12. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the heat transfer element includes an air cooled heat sink.

13. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the entire length of the evaporator is curved along the axial length.

14. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the passages of the evaporator are oriented at different angles relative to each other.

15. An arrangement for cooling a closed, sealed cabinet, comprising
a thermosiphon heat exchanger disposed inside the cabinet and having an evaporator and a condenser both inside the cabinet for circulating a working fluid between the evaporator and the condenser in a closed loop,
wherein the working fluid evaporated in the evaporator by heat flows to the condenser for cooling and the working fluid condensed in the condenser flows back to the evaporator,
wherein,
the evaporator is, exposed to hot air flow generated inside the cabinet, conduits of the evaporator being parallel to each other and spaced from each other with fins being disposed between the conduits to form passages extending through the evaporator transversely to the conduits, the fins extending across a space between adjacent conduits of the conduits such that each of the passages is defined by two of the adjacent conduits and two adjacent fins of the fins, wherein the hot air flow passes through the passages to pass through the evaporator from one side of the evaporator to another side of the evaporator,
wherein the evaporator is axially curved to form an arc, the passages thereby being oriented at different angles relative to each other along an axial length,
wherein each conduit of the conduits includes a plurality of flow channels for the working fluid, and
wherein ends of the conduits are connected by manifolds at the ends of the conduits, respectively,
and that
a fan is disposed in the cabinet for directing hot air generated in the cabinet towards the evaporator,
a heat transfer element is attached to the condenser in a sealed manner through a cabinet wall for transferring heat to outside of the cabinet.

16. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein one end of the conduits comprises the evaporator and another end of the conduits comprises the condenser.

Assignees

• Abb Technology Oy
• Abb Schweiz Ag

Inventors

• Laurila Risto
• Viitanen Tero
• Agostini Bruno

Classifications

• H05K7/20681

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• F28F9/0243

  Header boxes having a circular cross-section · CPC title

• F28D15/0275

  Arrangements for coupling heat-pipes together or with other structures, e.g. with base blocks; Heat pipe cores · CPC title

• F28D2015/0216

  having particular orientation, e.g. slanted, or being orientation-independent · CPC title

• F28F1/022

  with multiple channels · CPC title