System and method for controlling temperature at test sites
AssigneeTemptronic Corporation
InventorsNorbert Elsdoerfer, Chuan Weng
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Abstract
A temperature control system includes a fluid chiller, an air dryer, and a plurality of test stations positioned at remote locations from the fluid chiller and the air dryer. The fluid chiller is configured to generate a chilled fluid stream. The air dryer is configured to generate a dry air stream. Each local test station includes a heat exchanger and thermal control unit. The heat exchanger is configured to selectively cool the dry air stream with the chilled fluid stream to generate an output stream. The thermal control unit is configured to control distribution of the output stream to a local test site.
Claims12
A temperature control system comprising:
- a fluid chiller configured to generate a chilled liquid stream and provide the chilled liquid stream to a fluid chiller main line forming a closed loop with the fluid chiller;
- an air dryer configured to generate a dry air stream and provide the dry air stream to an air dryer main line;
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- a plurality of test stations positioned at remote locations from the fluid chiller and the air dryer, each test station comprising:
- a heat exchanger configured to selectively cool the dry air stream with the chilled liquid stream to generate an output stream;
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- a thermal control unit configured to control distribution of the output stream to a local test site.
A temperature control system comprising:
- a fluid chiller configured to generate a chilled liquid stream and provide the chilled liquid stream to a fluid chiller main line forming a closed loop with the fluid chiller;
- an air dryer configured to generate a dry air stream and provide the dry air stream to an air dryer main line;
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- a plurality of test stations positioned at remote locations from the fluid chiller and the air dryer, each test station comprising:
- a heat exchanger having a liquid side and an air side, the liquid side connected to the fluid chiller to receive the chilled liquid stream, the air side connected to the air dryer to receive the dry air stream, the heat exchanger configured to cool the dry air stream with the chilled liquid stream and generate a cooled air stream;
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- a thermal control unit configured to control distribution of the cooled air stream to a local test site.
A method of temperature control at a plurality of test stations comprising:
- generating, with a fluid chiller, a chilled liquid stream and providing the chilled liquid stream to a fluid chiller main line forming a closed loop with the fluid chiller;
- generating, with an air dryer, a dry air stream and providing the dry air stream to an air dryer main line;
- providing the chilled liquid stream and dry air stream to the plurality of test stations, the plurality of test stations being remote from the fluid chiller and the air dryer;
- with a heat exchanger at each test station, cool the dry air stream with the chilled fluid to generate a cooled air stream;
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- with a thermal control unit at each test station, distribute the cooled air stream at said test station to a local test site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.