Modular Water Cooling Device With Detachable Pump And Heat Exchange Units
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional water cooling systems for electronic devices are bulky due to multiple components mounted on a single chassis, making them difficult to assemble and disassemble, and require a large overall height with vertically spaced chambers, limiting flexibility and increasing costs due to the need to replace entire systems when individual components fail.
Innovation Solution
A modularized water cooling device comprising detachably assembled pump and heat exchange units, allowing for flexible configuration based on the number of heat sources and enabling quick replacement of damaged units, reducing overall height and assembly complexity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If multiple components are mounted on a single chassis, then the cooling system can be integrated, but the overall height increases and assembly becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling system is divided into independent modular units (pump unit, heat exchange units) that can be separately manufactured and assembled. Each unit has standardized connection interfaces, allowing them to be stacked vertically without increasing overall height significantly. The pump unit includes a pump chamber and drive unit, while heat exchange units are separate modules that attach to the pump unit through standardized interfaces.
2Stability of the object's composition
If multiple components are mounted on a single chassis, then the cooling system can be integrated, but assembly and disassembly become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling system is divided into independent modular units (pump unit, heat exchange units) that can be separately manufactured and assembled. Each unit has standardized connection interfaces, allowing them to be stacked vertically without increasing overall height significantly. The pump unit includes a pump chamber and drive unit, while heat exchange units are separate modules that attach to the pump unit through standardized interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection interfaces between modular units are designed to be detachable and reconfigurable. The pump unit has connection ports that can accommodate different numbers and configurations of heat exchange units, allowing the system to be easily assembled, disassembled, and reconfigured based on specific cooling requirements without complex fastening operations.
3Reliability
If the cooling system is designed as a single integrated unit, then it can provide complete cooling functionality, but replacement of damaged components requires replacing the entire system
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling system is divided into independent modular units (pump unit, heat exchange units) that can be separately manufactured and assembled. Each unit has standardized connection interfaces, allowing them to be stacked vertically without increasing overall height significantly. The pump unit includes a pump chamber and drive unit, while heat exchange units are separate modules that attach to the pump unit through standardized interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular design allows individual units to be replaced independently when damaged or upgraded. The pump unit can remain in place while only the damaged heat exchange unit is removed and replaced, or vice versa. This reduces waste and recovery costs compared to replacing the entire integrated system, as functional modules can be retained and reused.
4Reliability
If the cooling system is designed as a single integrated unit, then it can provide complete cooling functionality, but the cost increases when individual components fail
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling system is divided into independent modular units (pump unit, heat exchange units) that can be separately manufactured and assembled. Each unit has standardized connection interfaces, allowing them to be stacked vertically without increasing overall height significantly. The pump unit includes a pump chamber and drive unit, while heat exchange units are separate modules that attach to the pump unit through standardized interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular design allows individual units to be replaced independently when damaged or upgraded. The pump unit can remain in place while only the damaged heat exchange unit is removed and replaced, or vice versa. This reduces waste and recovery costs compared to replacing the entire integrated system, as functional modules can be retained and reused.
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 modular design allows for efficient heat dissipation, reduced costs, and simplified maintenance by enabling flexible expansion and easy replacement of units, while minimizing the device's height and assembly complexity.
Implementation Method 1
The pump includes a stator and an impeller. The impeller is positioned on a bottom side of the chassis, whereas the stator is positioned on an upper side of the chassis and isolated from the cooling liquid.
Implementation Method 2
The heat exchange chamber is formed below the pump chamber and vertically spaced apart from the pump chamber. The pump chamber and the heat exchange chamber are two separate chambers that are fluidly coupled together by the one or more passages.
Implementation Method 3
The heat-exchanging interface forms a side wall of the heat exchange chamber and is in contact with a surface of the heat-generating component.
Data Source
AI summary
A water cooling device with detachably assembled modularized units includes at least one modularized pump unit and at least one modularized heat exchange unit. Different number of the modularized heat exchange unit can be detachably assembled to the modularized pump unit according to the number of heat sources to be cooled.