Cooling system for tanks
AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorDavid G. Woolard
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Abstract
A tank assembly has heat-generating equipment contained therein. The tank assembly includes a heat pipe having an opening, wherein an interior of the heat pipe contains a liquid and a gas. The tank assembly further includes a tank fixed to the heat pipe and sealing the opening of the heat pipe. The tank houses at least one of a disconnector switch and a circuit breaker operatively connected to the disconnector switch. The sealing of the opening of the heat pipe prevents the liquid and the gas from entering the tank. The heat pipe extends beyond a side of the tank, and has a cooling portion.
Claims20
A tank assembly having heat-generating equipment contained therein, comprising:
- a thermal siphon having an opening, wherein the thermal siphon contains a liquid and a gas, and wherein the thermal siphon has a cooling portion;
- and a first closed tank and a second closed tank, wherein the first closed tank or the second closed tank is fixed to the thermal siphon such that a side of the first closed tank or the second closed tank seals the opening of the thermal siphon, wherein the first closed tank houses a disconnector switch, and wherein the second closed tank houses a circuit breaker operatively connected to the disconnector switch.
A tank assembly having heat-generating equipment contained therein, comprising:
- a thermal siphon having an opening, wherein an interior of the thermal siphon contains a liquid and a gas;
- and a tank fixed to the thermal siphon and sealing the opening of the thermal siphon, wherein the tank houses at least one of a disconnector switch and a circuit breaker, wherein the sealing of the opening of the thermal siphon prevents the liquid and the gas from entering the tank, wherein the thermal siphon extends beyond a side of the tank, and wherein the thermal siphon has a cooling portion.
A tank assembly having heat-generating equipment contained therein, comprising:
- a thermal siphon having an opening, wherein an interior of the thermal siphon contains a liquid and a gas;
- and a first tank fixed to the thermal siphon and sealing the opening of the thermal siphon, wherein the first tank houses at least one of a disconnector switch and a circuit breaker, wherein the sealing of the opening of the thermal siphon prevents the liquid and the gas from entering the first tank, wherein the thermal siphon has a cooling portion that includes electrically insulated walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.