Embedded Support Tube Cooling Loop for Device Overheating
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electric energy application devices, such as LED illumination devices, photovoltaics, wind power generators, transformers, and motors, generate thermal energy during operation, leading to overheating issues that require effective heat dissipation to prevent damage and ensure continuous performance.
Innovation Solution
A heat-dissipating structure with an embedded support tube and inner tube forms an internally recycling heat transfer fluid path, allowing gaseous or liquid heat transfer fluid to circulate through the device and the surrounding environment, utilizing fluid pumps to manage flow direction and rate, and incorporating heat transfer fluid paths connected in series or parallel within the device and heat dissipaters to facilitate temperature equalization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If conventional electric energy application devices are operated, then electric energy is converted to photo energy or other forms, but thermal energy is generated causing overheating
Solution Approach 1:
The patent converts the harmful thermal energy generated during electric energy conversion into a useful resource by circulating heat transfer fluid through the device. The thermal energy that would otherwise cause overheating is captured and transferred to the shallow ground natural thermal energy body, transforming a harmful byproduct into a beneficial heat dissipation mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces heat transfer fluid as an intermediary substance between the electric energy application device and the shallow ground natural thermal energy body. This fluid mediates the heat transfer process, absorbing thermal energy from the device and transporting it to the ground body, enabling efficient thermal management.
2Reliability
If heat transfer fluid path is formed using support tube and inner tube, then thermal energy is effectively managed, but device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a nested tube structure where an inner tube is placed inside a support tube to form the heat transfer fluid path. This nesting arrangement allows the heat transfer system to be integrated within the existing device structure without requiring separate external components, thereby improving thermal management reliability while minimizing structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The support tube and inner tube structure serves multiple functions: it provides structural support for the device, forms the heat transfer fluid circulation path, and enables thermal energy exchange with the shallow ground natural thermal energy body. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional components, balancing reliability improvement with structural simplicity.
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
This solution effectively manages thermal energy dissipation, preventing overheating and ensuring the reliable operation of electric energy application devices by maintaining temperature equilibrium with the environment, thereby extending device lifespan and performance.
Implementation Method 1
The gaseous or liquid heat transfer fluid pumped by the fluid pump passes the support tube of the closed recycling heat transfer fluid path and the exposed portion of the relevant structure, thereby enabling to perform temperature equalizing operation with the external gaseous or solid or liquid environment and/or the soil or liquid of the shallow ground natural thermal energy body
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AI summary
The invention is provided with a support tube (101) and an inner tube (103) installed inside thereof, the diameter differentiation between the inner diameter of the support tube (101) and the outer diameter of the inner tube (103) is formed with a partitioned space for constituting a fluid path, the upper tube of the support tube (101) is installed with an electric energy application device assembly (108), and through the fluid pump (105) serially installed on the heat transfer fluid path to pump the heat transfer fluid to form a closed recycling flow, and through passing the support tube (101) of the mentioned closed recycling heat transfer fluid path and the exposed portion at the outer surface of the relevant structure, thereby enabling to perform temperature equalizing operation with the external gaseous or solid or liquid environment and/or the soil or liquid of the shallow ground natural thermal energy body.