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US 11,581,711 B2Granted
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 tank having an opening, and a thermal siphon fixed to the tank and sealing the opening of the tank. The thermal siphon has a main body portion and a loop portion. The thermal siphon contains a liquid and a gas. A center of the loop portion is exposed to the environment.
Claims20
A tank assembly having heat-generating equipment contained therein, comprising:
- a tank having an opening;
- and
- a thermal siphon fixed to the tank and sealing the opening of the tank, the thermal siphon having a main body portion and a loop portion defined by a central aperture,
- wherein the thermal siphon contains a liquid and a gas, and
- wherein the central aperture of the loop portion is exposed to the environment.
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A tank assembly having heat-generating equipment contained therein, comprising:
- a tank having an opening;
- and
- a thermal siphon fixed to the tank and sealing the opening of the tank, without extending into an interior of the tank, the thermal siphon having a main body and a cooling portion connected to the main body by a plurality of hoses,
- wherein the thermal siphon contains a liquid and a gas.
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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;
- a heat pipe having a side fixed to the tank and sealing the opening, without extending into 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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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.