Integrated Condenser Cooling Assembly for Space-Limited Vehicles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current pump-assisted capillary coolers face challenges in integrating a separate condenser within limited spaces, particularly in vehicles, requiring alternative designs that minimize disruption for effective heat dissipation.
Innovation Solution
A pump-assisted cooling system with an integrated condenser, featuring a housing with a fluid pathway, vaporization structure, and condenser, where cooling fluid vaporizes, condenses, and rejoins the fluid bypass line, maintaining low pumping power and pressure requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a separate condenser is used in pump-assisted capillary coolers, then heat dissipation effectiveness is improved, but system integration difficulty increases due to limited space in vehicles
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the condenser with the cooler assembly housing, integrating two previously separate components (condenser and cooler assembly) into a single unified structure. This allows the condenser to be positioned within the same housing that contains the vaporization structure and fluid pathway, thereby improving space utilization and facilitating integration into vehicle environments with limited space while maintaining effective heat dissipation functionality
2Volume of moving object
If the condenser is integrated within the housing, then space utilization is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated condenser is designed as a separate component that can be manufactured independently and then assembled into the cooler assembly housing. This segmentation allows for specialized manufacturing of the condenser portion while maintaining modular assembly processes, reducing the overall manufacturing complexity despite the integrated design
3Productivity
If pump-assisted capillary cooling is used, then heat dissipation performance is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system utilizes capillary action within the wick structure to automatically return condensed liquid from the condenser back to the vaporization structure without requiring additional pumping energy. This self-service mechanism reduces the energy burden on the pump while maintaining effective heat dissipation performance through the combined capillary-pump cooling approach
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 integrated system achieves high cooling performance with minimal system disruption, allowing easy integration into vehicles without additional components, and maintains low energy consumption.
Implementation Method 1
The vaporization structure is configured to induce vaporization of the cooling fluid and facilitate vapor flow into the condenser
Implementation Method 2
The condenser is configured to induce condensation of the cooling fluid wherein the cooling fluid rejoins the fluid bypass line through the condenser outlet line
Implementation Method 3
Pump-assisted capillary cooling is a cooling technique combining capillary action and active pumping to efficiently dissipate heat
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AI summary
A pump-assisted cooling system including a pump, a fluid feed line, a fluid bypass line, a heat exchanger, and a cooler assembly. The cooler assembly includes one or more heat generating devices, a housing, a fluid inlet and outlet, a fluid pathway, a vaporization structure, a condenser, and a condenser outlet line. The fluid pathway within the housing is fluidly coupled to the fluid inlet and outlet. The vaporization structure includes a plurality of feeding tubes fluidly coupled to the fluid pathway, a wick, and one or more vapor outlets. The condenser is housed within the housing. The vaporization structure induces vaporization of a cooling fluid and facilitates vapor flow into the condenser. The condenser induces condensation of the cooling fluid, the cooling fluid rejoins the fluid bypass line through the condenser outlet line positioned distal to the condenser.