Dual Pump Cooling Apparatus for Multi-Component Heat Dissipation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fluid cooling apparatuses are inefficient due to complex structures, limited to cooling a single electronic component, and occupy significant space, which hampers effective heat dissipation from multiple heat-generating sources.
Innovation Solution
A cooling apparatus with a base plate featuring two heat exchange units and a cover that defines a heat exchange chamber, utilizing separate pumping units for each heat exchange unit to circulate fluid efficiently and dissipate heat from multiple components while minimizing space usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If existing fluid cooling apparatuses use a single heat exchange chamber with complicated structure, then the apparatus can cool electronic components, but the heat transfer efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling apparatus is divided into multiple independent heat exchange chambers (first heat exchange chamber and second heat exchange chamber), each with its own simple structure. This segmentation allows each chamber to handle specific cooling tasks efficiently without the complexity of a single integrated chamber, thereby improving heat transfer efficiency while reducing overall structural complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If existing fluid cooling apparatuses use a single heat exchange chamber, then the apparatus occupies less space, but it cannot dissipate heat from more than one electronic component at a time
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple heat exchange chambers are merged into a single integrated cooling apparatus structure, sharing common components such as the base plate, cover, and fluid circulation system. This merging enables the apparatus to cool multiple electronic components simultaneously while maintaining a compact form factor, thus improving multi-component cooling capability without proportionally increasing the apparatus volume.
3Reliability
If existing fluid cooling apparatuses use a single heat exchange chamber, then the apparatus has simpler structure, but the heat transfer efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling apparatus is divided into multiple independent heat exchange chambers (first heat exchange chamber and second heat exchange chamber), each with its own simple structure. This segmentation allows each chamber to handle specific cooling tasks efficiently without the complexity of a single integrated chamber, thereby improving heat transfer efficiency while reducing overall structural complexity.
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
The solution enhances heat transfer efficiency and allows for simultaneous cooling of multiple electronic components within a reduced space, improving the reliability and performance of electronic components by effectively managing heat dissipation.
Implementation Method 1
Each of the first and second pumping units circulates cooling fluid into and out of the heat exchange chamber. As the fluid circulates in the heat exchange chamber, thermal energy is exchanged between the base plate and the fluid
Implementation Method 2
the heat exchange chamber is fluidly connected to a fluid circulating pump. The pump circulates the fluid inside the heat exchange chamber in order to deliver the fluid at lower temperature to the heat exchange chamber. As the fluid circulates in the heat exchange chamber, thermal energy is exchanged between the base plate and the fluid
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AI summary
A cooling apparatus that includes a base plate including two heat exchange units and a cover coupled to the base plate and enclosing the two heat exchange units. A recess is defined in the base plate and between the two heat exchange units. The cover and the base plate define a heat exchange chamber that includes the two heat exchange units. The cover has a first set of openings and a second set of openings, and is coupled to the base plate such that the first set of openings is above a first heat exchange unit and the second set of openings is above a second heat exchange unit. The cooling apparatus further includes a first pumping unit on the cover and over the first set of openings and a second pumping unit on the cover and over the second set of openings.