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US 10,480,446 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for cooling a heat-generating module
AssigneeGE Aviation Systems LLC
InventorMichel Engelhardt
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Abstract
A liquid cooling circuit includes a liquid reservoir for coolant, a heat-generating module, a conduit fluidly coupling the heat-generating module with the liquid reservoir, and a pump configured to move the coolant through the conduit to cool the heat-generating module. The liquid cooling circuit is configured such that the movement of the coolant relative to the heat-generating module transfers heat from the heat-generating module to the coolant.
Claims20
A liquid cooling circuit comprises:
- a liquid reservoir for combustible fuel having an autoignition temperature;
- a heat-generating module;
- a conduit fluidly coupling the heat-generating module with the liquid reservoir;
- a pump configured to move the combustible fuel through the conduit to cool the heat-generating module;
- a temperature component configured to determine the temperature of the combustible fuel;
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- a controller module configured to control the pumping of the combustible fuel by ceasing the pumping when the temperature of the combustible fuel satisfies a comparison with a predetermined temperature threshold relative to the autoignition temperature.
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A cooling circuit, comprising:
- a combustion engine configured to operate a vehicle;
- a liquid reservoir for combustible fuel to operate the combustion engine, wherein the combustible fuel has an autoignition temperature;
- a heat-generating module;
- a first conduit fluidly coupling the liquid reservoir with the combustion engine;
- a second conduit fluidly coupling the heat-generating module with the liquid reservoir;
- a pump configured to move the combustible fuel through the first and second conduits to cool the heat-generating module;
- a temperature component configured to determine the temperature of the combustible fuel;
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- a controller module configured to control the pumping of the combustible fuel by ceasing the pumping through the second conduit when the temperature of the combustible fuel satisfies a comparison with a predetermined temperature threshold relative to the autoignition temperature.
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A method for cooling a heat-generating module comprising:
- pumping, by a pump, combustible fuel from a liquid reservoir to the heat-generating module to cool the heat-generating module, wherein the combustible fuel absorbs heat from the heat-generating module;
- sensing, by a sensor module, a temperature of the combustible fuel;
- providing the temperature of the combustible fuel to a controller module;
- determining, in the controller module, whether the temperature of the combustible fuel satisfies a predetermined temperature threshold relative to the autoignition temperature of the combustible fuel;
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- in response to determining the temperature of the combustible fuel satisfies the predetermined temperature threshold, controlling, by the controller module, the pumping combustible fuel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.