Fluid management device capable of reducing harmful heat loss
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fluid management systems experience harmful heat loss due to close proximity of valve cores in thermal management systems, leading to inefficient heat exchange and performance interference.
Innovation Solution
A fluid management device with hermetically connected block portions and valve core assemblies, where each block portion has a mounting channel and a gap between adjacent body portions, reducing heat transfer and minimizing heat loss.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If multiple valve cores are installed in a same valve seat and communicated through channels inside the valve seat, then the space occupied by valves is reduced, but heat transfer between fluid in different channels increases causing harmful heat loss
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the valve body into multiple independent block portions, each housing a valve core assembly. These block portions are hermetically connected to the control assembly but separated from each other, creating independent fluid channels. This segmentation prevents heat transfer between adjacent valve cores while maintaining compact integration, thus resolving the contradiction between space efficiency and heat loss reduction.
2Ease of operation
If multiple valve cores are respectively installed in adjacent valve body portions of a flow channel plate, then valve control is improved, but heat transfer between fluid in adjacent valve body portions through the flow channel plate increases causing interference
Solution Approach 1:
The invention introduces a hermetically connected control assembly as an intermediary structure that houses the valve core assemblies. Each valve core assembly is independently mounted in separate block portions that are hermetically connected to the control assembly, creating thermal isolation barriers. This intermediary structure enables independent valve control while preventing direct heat transfer between adjacent valve body portions.
3Loss of energy
If block portions are hermetically connected with the same control assembly with gaps between body portions, then harmful heat loss is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges multiple valve core assemblies into a single integrated control assembly housing, where each assembly is hermetically connected to the common control assembly. The gaps between block portions are strategically designed to provide thermal isolation while maintaining structural integrity and fluid flow paths. This merging approach reduces overall device complexity by consolidating control functions while preserving the heat loss reduction benefits of separated block portions.
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 design effectively reduces harmful heat loss and improves system performance by isolating heat transfer between valve core assemblies, enhancing the efficiency of fluid management.
Implementation Method 1
A gap is formed between two adjacent body portions. The separation between the body portions reduces the possibility of heat transfer, thereby reducing harmful heat loss of the fluid management device.
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AI summary
A fluid management device includes a control assembly (1), at least two block portions (2), and at least two valve core assemblies. The at least two block portions are hermetically connected to a same control assembly. The valve core assemblies are electrically connected to the control assembly. Each block portion includes a body portion. The body portion defines a mounting channel. A portion of the valve core assembly is located in an inner cavity of the control assembly, and another portion is located in the mounting channel. A gap is formed between two adjacent body portions for separating the body portions so as to reduce the possibility of heat transfer, thereby reducing harmful heat loss of the fluid management device.