Cooling system and wind-driven generator system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12416293-B2
Application number	US-202017998174-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2020
Priority date	Jun 9, 2020
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

A cooling system and a wind-driven generator system. The cooling system comprising: a first cooling loop, a second cooling loop, a third cooling loop, a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, wherein the first cooling loop comprises a first fluid pipeline and a first pump set; the second cooling loop comprises a second fluid pipeline and a second pump set, and the second fluid pipeline comprises a main path and a bypass; the third cooling loop comprises a third fluid pipeline and a third pump set, and the third fluid pipeline communicates with both the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger; the first heat exchanger is configured to thermally couple the first cooling medium, the second cooling medium and the third cooling medium to one another; the second heat exchanger is configured to thermally couple the second cooling medium to the third cooling medium.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cooling system, comprising a first cooling loop, a second cooling loop, a third cooling loop, a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, wherein
the first cooling loop comprises a first fluid pipeline for cooling a first heat-generating component and a first pump set, and the first pump set is configured to cause a first cooling medium to circulate within the first fluid pipeline;
the second cooling loop comprises a second fluid pipeline for cooling a second heat-generating component and a second pump set, the second fluid pipeline comprises a main path and a bypass, and the second pump set is configured to cause a second cooling medium to circulate within the main path or within the main path and the bypass;
the third cooling loop comprises a third fluid pipeline for cooling a third heat-generating component and a third pump set, the third pump set is configured to cause a third cooling medium to circulate within the third fluid pipeline, and the third fluid pipeline communicates with both the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger;
the first heat exchanger is configured to thermally couple the first cooling medium, the second cooling medium and the third cooling medium to one another in a manner in which the first cooling medium, the second cooling medium and the third cooling medium are isolated from one another;
the second heat exchanger is configured to thermally couple the second cooling medium to the third cooling medium through the bypass in a manner in which the second cooling medium and the third cooling medium are isolated from each another,
wherein a bypass regulating valve is arranged on the bypass, and when a temperature of the third cooling medium is lower than a preset temperature, the bypass regulating valve is opened, so that the second cooling medium within the bypass exchanges heat with the third cooling medium through the second heat exchanger;
the first heat exchanger comprises a first heat conduction channel, a second heat conduction channel and a third heat conduction channel spaced apart from one another;
the first heat conduction channel comprises a first inlet end and a first outlet end, a first water supply pipe of the first fluid pipeline is connected to the first inlet end, and a first water return pipe of the first fluid pipeline is connected to the first outlet end;
the second heat conduction channel comprises a second inlet end and a second outlet end, a second water supply pipe of the second fluid pipeline is connected to the second inlet end, and a second water return pipe of the second fluid pipeline is connected to the second outlet end;
the third heat conduction channel comprises a third inlet end and a third outlet end, the third fluid pipeline comprises a first section and a second section extending between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger, the third pump set is positioned on the first section, the third inlet end is connected upstream of the first section, and the third outlet end is connected downstream of the second section;
the first heat-generating component comprises a plurality of first heat-generating components, a plurality of first fluid branches in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of first heat-generating components are arranged on the first fluid pipeline, a first branch heat sink is arranged on each of the first fluid branches, a first branch regulating valve, a first branch temperature sensor and a first branch flow sensor are arranged downstream of each of the first fluid branches, and a first heat dissipation unit is further arranged on the first water return pipe of the first fluid pipeline;
a measured value of the first branch temperature sensor and a measured value of the first branch flow sensor are monitored, and an opening degree of the first branch regulating valve is controlled according to a target temperature value of each of the first heat-generating components to adjust a flow rate of each of the first fluid branches;
a first valve is arranged on at least one of the first water supply pipe and the first water return pipe of the first fluid pipeline, an outlet of the first pump set, and upstream and downstream of each of the first fluid branches;
a first liquid discharge valve is further arranged on at least one of the first fluid pipeline and each of the first fluid branches; and
a first gas discharge valve is arranged at at least one of the first pump set and at the first heat dissipation unit.

2. The cooling system according to the claim 1 , wherein the second heat exchanger comprises a fourth heat conduction channel and a fifth heat conduction channel spaced apart from each other;
the fourth heat conduction channel comprises a fourth inlet end and a fourth outlet end, a second bypass water supply pipe of the bypass of the second fluid pipeline is connected to the fourth inlet end, and a second bypass water return pipe of the bypass is connected to the fourth outlet end;
the fifth heat conduction channel comprises a fifth inlet end and a fifth outlet end, the fifth inlet end is connected downstream of the first section of the third fluid pipeline, and the fifth outlet end is connected upstream of the second section.

3. The cooling system according to the claim 2 , wherein a plurality of second fluid branches corresponding to the second heat-generating component is arranged on the main path of the second fluid pipeline, the bypass is arranged downstream of the plurality of second fluid branches, a second branch heat sink is arranged on each of the second fluid branches, and a second heat dissipation unit is arranged on the second water return pipe of the main path;
the main path is further provided with a second total flow sensor positioned at an inlet of the second pump set, a second front total temperature sensor positioned at an outlet of the second pump set, a second middle total temperature sensor positioned downstream of the plurality of second fluid branches, and a second rear total temperature sensor positioned at an inlet of the second heat dissipation unit.

4. The cooling system according to the claim 3 , wherein a total dissipated heat loss of the second fluid pipeline is obtained according to a temperature difference between the second middle total temperature sensor and the second front total temperature sensor;
a to-be-dissipated heat loss of the second fluid pipeline before entering the second heat dissipation

unit is obtained according to a temperature difference between the second rear total temperature sensor and the second middle total temperature sensor;
a residual heat transferred from the bypass to the third cooling loop is obtained according to a difference between the total dissipated heat loss and the to-be-dissipated heat loss.

5. The cooling system according to the claim 3 , wherein a second valve is arranged on at least one of the second water supply pipe, the second water return pipe, the outlet of the second pump set, upstream and downstream of each of the second fluid branches, upstream and downstream of the bypass and the inlet of the second heat dissipation unit;
a second liquid discharge valve is arranged on at least one of the second fluid pipeline, each of the second fluid branches and each of the second branch heat sinks;
a second gas discharge valve is arranged at at least one of the second pump set, the second fluid pipeline, the second heat dissipation unit and each of the second branch heat sinks.

6. The cooling system according to the claim 3 , wherein a second pressure monitoring device is arranged at at least one of the inlet and the outlet of the second pump set, downstream of the plurality of second fluid branches and upstream and downstream of the bypass.

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Assignees

• Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Dinghui
• Fang Tao
• Li Jinmeng

Classifications

• H02K9/19 Primary

  for machines with closed casing and closed-circuit cooling using a liquid cooling medium, e.g. oil · CPC title

• F05B2260/20

  Heat transfer, e.g. cooling · CPC title

• H02K7/1838

  Generators mounted in a nacelle or similar structure of a horizontal axis wind turbine · CPC title

• Y02E10/72

  Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction · CPC title

• F03D80/60 Primary

  Cooling or heating of wind motors · CPC title