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AssigneeBorgWarner Inc.
InventorsJoanna Tomankiewicz, Michal Zatek, Grzegorz Kondora, Slawomir Pietrowicz
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The invention relates to a cooling system (30) for cooling an exhaust-gas turbocharger (5) as a heat source (50), the cooling system (30) including a cooling pipe (45) filled with a working fluid (60; 65), wherein the cooling pipe is arranged at a distance from a turbine housing (10) of the exhaust-gas turbocharger (5), wherein the cooling pipe (45) is formed as a loop so that the working fluid is self-propelling within the cooling pipe (45), wherein the heat source (50) is serving as a evaporator for the working fluid and a heat sink (35) is serving as a condenser for the working fluid, wherein the working fluid (60; 65) is selected according to the amount of heat produced by the heat source (50).
A cooling system (30) for cooling an exhaust-gas turbocharger (5) as a heat source (50), the cooling system (30) comprising a cooling pipe (45) filled with a working fluid (60, 65), wherein the cooling pipe is arranged at a distance from a turbine housing (10) of the exhaust-gas turbocharger (5), wherein the cooling pipe (45) is formed as a loop so that the working fluid (60, 65) is moved within the cooling pipe (45) without using a pump or active component in the cooling pipe, wherein the heat source (50) is serving as an evaporator for the working fluid (60, 65) and a heat sink (35) is serving as a condenser for the working fluid, wherein the working fluid (60, 65) is selected according to the amount of heat produced by the heat source (50).
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