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US 10,483,727 B2Granted
Cooling system for tanks
AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorDavid G. Woolard
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Abstract
A heat management system includes a tank and a thermal siphon attached to the tank. The thermal siphon contains a liquid that absorbs heat via thermal conduction from the tank. The liquid is heated to a vaporization point, and the heat from the vaporized liquid is transferred to cooling fins extending from the thermal siphon.
Claims20
A tank assembly having heat-generating equipment contained therein, comprising:
- a tank having an opening,
- wherein the tank includes a first tank and a second tank,
- wherein the first tank houses a disconnector switch, and
- wherein the second tank houses a circuit breaker operatively connected to the disconnector switch;
- and
- a thermal siphon fixed to the tank adjacent to the opening,
- wherein the thermal siphon contains a liquid and a gas, and
- wherein the thermal siphon has a cooling portion.
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A tank assembly having heat-generating equipment contained therein, comprising:
- a tank having an opening;
- wherein the tank houses a disconnector switch and a circuit breaker operatively connected to the disconnector switch;
- a heat pipe having a side fixed to the tank and sealing the opening,
- wherein an interior of the heat pipe contains a liquid and a gas,
- wherein the sealing of the opening of the tank prevents the liquid and the gas from entering the tank,
- wherein the heat pipe extends beyond a side of the tank, and
- wherein the heat pipe has a cooling portion.
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A tank assembly having heat-generating equipment contained therein, comprising:
- a tank having an opening, wherein the tank houses at least one of a disconnector switch and a circuit breaker;
- and
- a thermal siphon having a side fixed to the tank and sealing the opening,
- wherein an interior of the thermal siphon contains a liquid and a gas,
- wherein the sealing of the opening of the tank prevents the liquid and the gas from entering the tank, and
- wherein the thermal siphon has a cooling portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.