Cooling Fluid Supply Apparatus with Bypass Safety Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cooling fluid supply apparatuses fail to prevent overheating of heat loads when they malfunction, causing the cooling fluid supply to stop and leading to significant overheating of the heat load.
Innovation Solution
A cooling fluid supply apparatus with a safety mechanism that includes a temperature adjusting portion and user-pipe connecting portion with bypass pipes and valves, allowing the heat-dissipating fluid to continue cooling the heat load when the cooling fluid supply is stopped, using a heat exchanger and a cooling fluid pump to exchange heat between the cooling and heat-dissipating fluids.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a cooling fluid supply apparatus is used to cool a heat load, then the heat load can be cooled effectively, but when the apparatus malfunctions and stops supplying cooling fluid, the heat load overheats significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a heat-dissipating fluid as an intermediary cooling medium that can directly cool the heat load when the primary cooling system fails. This intermediary fluid system includes a heat-dissipating fluid supply apparatus and circulation path, providing a backup cooling mechanism that activates upon malfunction detection, thereby preventing overheating while maintaining normal cooling operations through the primary cooling fluid system
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements beforehand cushioning by pre-configuring a bypass path and heat-dissipating fluid system that can immediately take over cooling functions when malfunction occurs. The bypass pipe connects the heat-dissipating fluid supply apparatus directly to the heat load cooling path, ensuring that cooling capability is already in place and can be activated without delay to cushion against the harmful effect of overheating
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Prevents overheating of the heat load by ensuring continuous cooling through the supply of a heat-dissipating fluid when the cooling fluid supply apparatus malfunctions, maintaining the heat load at a safe temperature.
Implementation Method 1
a temperature adjusting portion configured to cause a cooling fluid and a heat-dissipating fluid to exchange heat with each other and adjust a temperature of the cooling fluid
Data Source
AI summary
To provide a cooling fluid supply apparatus capable of continuing cooling a heat load even when supply of a cooling fluid stops while the heat load is running. A cooling fluid circulation path connecting a cooling fluid supply apparatus and a heat load and a heat-dissipating fluid circulation path connecting the cooling fluid supply apparatus and a heat-dissipating fluid supply apparatus are connected with bypass pipes and disposed therebetween. When a cooling fluid is supplied from the cooling fluid supply apparatus to the heat load, the cooling fluid circulation path and heat-dissipating fluid circulation path are disconnected by closing the bypass pipes and by using the overheating prevention valves. When the supply of the cooling fluid from the cooling fluid supply apparatus to the heat load is stopped, a heat-dissipating fluid from the heat-dissipating fluid supply apparatus is supplied to the heat load by connecting the cooling fluid circulation path and heat-dissipating fluid circulation path by using the overheating prevention valves.