Pump-driven two-phase liquid cooling system, and liquid supplementation control method for pump-driven two-phase liquid cooling system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024276678-A1
Application number	US-202218567574-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 14, 2022
Priority date	Jun 9, 2021
Publication date	Aug 15, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A pump-driven two-phase liquid cooling system, and a liquid supplementation control method for a pump-driven two-phase liquid cooling system are disclosed. The pump-driven two-phase liquid cooling system may include a pump-driven two-phase liquid circulation loop, where a pump, an evaporator, and a condenser are sequentially arranged in the pump-driven two-phase liquid circulation loop; a first liquid storage tank arranged at a front end of the pump; and a second liquid storage tank in fluid communication with the first liquid storage tank through a first connecting pipeline; where the second liquid storage tank is provided with a first liquid filling port, and the first connecting pipeline is provided with a first valve configured to isolate the second liquid storage tank from the first liquid storage tank.

First claim

1 . A pump-driven two-phase liquid cooling system, comprising,
a pump-driven two-phase liquid circulation loop, wherein a pump, an evaporator, and a condenser are sequentially arranged in the pump-driven two-phase liquid circulation loop; a first liquid storage tank, which is arranged at a front end of the pump; and a second liquid storage tank, which is in fluid communication with the first liquid storage tank through a first connecting pipeline; wherein the second liquid storage tank is provided with a first liquid filling port, and the first connecting pipeline is provided with a first valve configured to isolate the second liquid storage tank from the first liquid storage tank.

2 . The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first liquid storage tank is provided with a maximum marked liquid level, and
a bottom of the second liquid storage tank is arranged at a level that is higher than the level of the maximum marked liquid level of the first liquid storage tank.

3 . The system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the second liquid storage tank is further provided with a suction port.

4 . The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an upper part of the first liquid storage tank is in fluid communication with an upper part of the second liquid storage tank through an upper connecting pipeline, and
a lower part of the first liquid storage tank is in fluid communication with a lower part of the second liquid storage tank through a lower connecting pipeline, and each of the upper connecting pipeline and the lower connecting pipeline is provided with the first valve.

5 . The system as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising a third liquid storage tank that is in fluid communication with the second liquid storage tank through a second connecting pipeline, wherein the third liquid storage tank is provided with a second liquid filling port;
the second connecting pipeline is provided with a second valve which is configured to isolate the third liquid storage tank from the second liquid storage tank; the second liquid storage tank is provided with a maximum marked liquid level, and a bottom of the third liquid storage tank is arranged at a level that is higher than the level of the maximum marked liquid level of the second liquid storage tank.

6 . The system as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a temperature control part, wherein the temperature control part comprises a first cooling branch communicated from a rear end of the pump to the front end of the pump, a second cooling branch communicated from the rear end of the pump to the front end of the pump, a first heater arranged in the first liquid storage tank, and a second heater arranged in the second liquid storage tank;
wherein the first cooling branch is provided with a third valve; the second cooling branch is provided with a fourth valve, a part of the pipeline of the first cooling branch passes through the first liquid storage tank to exchange heat with a working medium in the first liquid storage tank, and a part of the pipeline of the second cooling branch passes through the second liquid storage tank to exchange heat with a working medium in the second liquid storage tank.

7 . A method for controlling liquid refilling for a pump-driven two-phase liquid cooling system, wherein the pump-driven two-phase liquid cooling system comprises a pump-driven two-phase liquid circulation loop, a first liquid storage tank, and a second liquid storage tank;
the pump-driven two-phase liquid circulation loop is sequentially provided with a pump, an evaporator, and a condenser; the first liquid storage tank is arranged at a front end of the pump; the second liquid storage tank is in fluid communication with the first liquid storage tank through a first connecting pipeline; the second liquid storage tank is provided with a first liquid filling port; the first connecting pipe is provided with a first valve; the method comprises,
closing the first valve to isolate the second liquid storage tank from the first liquid storage tank;
filling liquid into the second liquid storage tank through the first liquid filling port; and
after the liquid refilling is completed, opening the first valve to communicate the second liquid storage tank with the first liquid storage tank, in response to a determination that a temperature difference between the second liquid storage tank and the first liquid storage tank is less than a preset threshold or a pressure difference between the second liquid storage tank and the first liquid storage tank is less than another preset threshold.

8 . The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the first liquid storage tank is provided with a maximum marked liquid level, a bottom of the second liquid storage tank is arranged at a level that is higher than the level of the maximum marked liquid level of the first liquid storage tank, and the second liquid storage tank is further provided with a suction port;
and before the liquid is filling into the second liquid storage tank through the first liquid filling port, the method further comprises,
vacuumizing the second liquid storage tank through the suction port.

9 . The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein,
an upper part of the first liquid storage tank is in fluid communication with an upper part of the second liquid storage tank through an upper connecting pipe, and a lower part of the first liquid storage tank is in fluid communication with a lower part of the second liquid storage tank through a lower connecting pipe, each of the upper connecting pipe and the lower connecting pipe is provided with the first valve, and after liquid refilling, lowering temperature and pressure in the second liquid storage tank, in response to a determination that, at least one of a temperature, or a pressure difference between the second liquid storage tank and the first liquid storage tank is greater than a preset threshold.

10 . The system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the pump-driven two-phase liquid cooling system further comprises a temperature control part, wherein the temperature control part comprises a first cooling branch communicated from a rear end of the pump to the front end of the pump, a second cooling branch communicated from the rear end of the pump to the front end of the pump, a first heater arranged in the first liquid storage tank, and a second heater arranged in the second liquid storage tank;
wherein the first cooling branch is provided with a third valve; the second cooling branch is provided with a fourth valve, a part of the pipeline of the first cooling branch passes through the first liquid storage tank to exchange heat with a working medium in the first liquid storage tank, and a part of the pipeline of the second cooling branch passes through the second liquid storage tank to exchange heat with a working medium in the second liquid storage tank; the method further comprises,
opening the fourth valve or enabling the first heater, in response to a determination that a temperature or pressure of the second liquid storage tank is greater than a sum of the temperature or pressure of the first liquid storage tank and the preset threshold; and
opening the third valve or enabling the second heater in response to a determination that a temperature or pressure of the second liquid storage tank is less than a difference of the temperature or pressure of the first liquid storage tank and the preset threshold.

Assignees

• Zte Corp
• Inst Of Spacecraft System Engineering

Inventors

• Tao Cheng
• Wang yalong
• Liu Fan
• Li Shuai
• Zhou Xiaodong
• Yu Xingang

Classifications

• H05K7/20327 Primary

  Accessories for moving fluid, for connecting fluid conduits, for distributing fluid or for preventing leakage, e.g. pumps, tanks or manifolds · CPC title

• H05K7/20318

  Condensers · CPC title

• H05K7/20309

  Evaporators · CPC title

• F28D15/0283

  Means for filling or sealing heat pipes · CPC title

• F28D15/0266

  with separate evaporating and condensing chambers connected by at least one conduit; Loop-type heat pipes; with multiple or common evaporating or condensing chambers (F28D15/043 takes precedence) · CPC title