Semiconductor Waste-Heat Equalization Using Natural Heat Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional semiconductor applications require active temperature regulation, which is costly and energy-intensive, and fail to effectively recycle semiconductor heat loss as thermal energy.
Innovation Solution
A temperature unifying and heat storing system utilizing a natural heat carrier, such as the earth's stratum or desert surface, with a heat equalizer and fluid transmission duct to circulate fluid through semiconductor installations, enabling temperature equalization and heat storage by transferring thermal energy to a heat storing block for release to a specified target.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If active temperature regulation devices are used in conventional semiconductor installations, then temperature control is achieved, but cost increases and energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses the semiconductor device's own waste heat to preheat the cooling fluid, making the system self-sufficient. The heat exchanger recovers thermal energy that would otherwise be lost, and uses it to warm the fluid before it reaches the semiconductor, reducing the energy needed for active heating while maintaining temperature control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system converts the harmful waste heat generated by semiconductor devices into a beneficial resource. By capturing and redirecting this waste heat to preheat the cooling fluid, the system transforms an environmental hazard into a useful thermal energy source, reducing overall energy consumption and improving efficiency.
2Temperature
If active temperature regulation devices are used in conventional semiconductor installations, then temperature control is achieved, but cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the heating and cooling functions into a single integrated thermal management system. The heat exchanger serves dual purposes: it cools the semiconductor device while simultaneously heating the cooling fluid. This consolidation eliminates the need for separate heating and cooling systems, reducing overall system complexity and cost.
Solution Approach 2:
The cooling fluid circulation system performs multiple functions: it cools the semiconductor device, preheats itself using waste heat, and can be extended to provide space heating or hot water. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate systems, lowering overall system cost and complexity while maintaining effective temperature control.
3Device complexity
If semiconductor heat loss is discharged without recycling, then system simplicity is maintained, but thermal energy is wasted
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of discarding the waste heat from semiconductor devices, the system recovers it through the heat exchanger. The recovered thermal energy is used to preheat the cooling fluid, converting what would be a loss into a useful resource. This approach maintains relative system simplicity while significantly reducing energy waste.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms the harmful waste heat discharge into a beneficial preheating process. By capturing the thermal energy that would otherwise be lost to the environment and using it to warm the cooling fluid, the system converts an energy waste problem into an efficiency improvement, reducing overall thermal energy consumption.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This system provides efficient temperature regulation and heat storage for semiconductor applications, reducing energy consumption and costs by leveraging natural thermal energy for temperature equalization and heat management.
Implementation Method 1
through the heat equalizer (102) to transfer thermal energy to a heat storing block (1500) constituted by the surrounding natural heat carrier
Implementation Method 2
The fluid passes through the solid or gas state semiconductor application installation to perform temperature equalization regulation
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AI summary
The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a heat equalizer and the fluid transmission duct disposed in a heat carrier existing in solid state in the nature where presents comparatively larger and more stable heat carrying capacity for passing through the fluid. The fluid passes through the solid or gas state semiconductor application installation to regulate temperature equalization of the semiconductor application installation and flows back to the heat equalization installation disposed in the natural heat carrier for the heat equalization installation providing good heat conduction in the natural heat carrier to provide the operation of temperature equalization regulating function on the backflow of the fluid, and through the heat equalizer to transfer thermal energy to the heat storing block constituted by the surrounding natural heat carrier so as to store heat for releasing thermal energy to the specified heat releasing target.