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US 2010/0064718 A1Published application
Energy efficient modular cooling system
OwnerMike Blomquistinventor
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Abstract
A modular cooling system includes a compressor and a microchannel heat exchanger for cooling a heat generating device such as a semiconductor.
Claims5
An energy efficient modular cooling system comprising:
- a positive displacement compressor for pressurizing a gas to a pressure of about 0.5 to 14 pounds-force per square inch gauge pressure (psig);
- a compressor hub having an axis of rotation arranged eccentrically with respect to a compressor circumferential wall;
- the hub coupled to a plurality of blades with respective blade roots;
- the distance between the root end of each blade and the hub axis remaining substantially constant during compressor operation;
- the distance between each blade tip and the hub axis cyclically changing in a substantially oscillatory fashion during compressor operation;
- a heat exchanger physically coupled to a semiconductor device;
- the heat exchanger incorporating a plurality of channels suitable for transporting the pressurized gas;
- each channel having an inlet, an outlet and at least one inside dimension in the range of about 5 to 50 one thousandths of an inch;
- a first manifold in fluid communication with the channel inlets;
- and,
- the first manifold operative to supply pressurized gas from the compressor to the channel inlets.
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An energy efficient modular cooling system comprising:
- a positive displacement compressor for pressurizing a gas to a pressure of about 0.5 to 14 pounds-force per square inch gauge pressure (psig);
- a compressor hub having an axis of rotation arranged eccentrically with respect to a compressor circumferential wall;
- the hub coupled to a plurality of blades with respective blade roots;
- the distance between the root end of each blade and the hub axis remaining substantially constant during compressor operation;
- the distance between each blade tip and the hub axis cyclically changing in a substantially oscillatory fashion during compressor operation;
- a heat exchanger physically coupled to a semiconductor device;
- the heat exchanger incorporating a plurality of channels suitable for transporting the pressurized gas;
- each channel having an inlet, an outlet and at least one inside dimension in the range of about 5 to 50 one thousandths of an inch;
- a first manifold in fluid communication with the channel inlets;
- the first manifold operative to supply pressurized gas from the compressor to the channel inlets;
- a compressor mounted filter frame and a filter coupled to the frame;
- the filter operative to restrict passage of contaminants with a mean diameter of about 25 one thousandths of an inch and greater;
- a collector in fluid communication with the channel outlets;
- a conduit in fluid communication with the collector;
- and,
- the conduit operative to transport gas exhausted from the heat exchanger across a physical boundary separating two spaces, one of which is a temperature controlled space suited for human occupancy.
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An energy efficient modular cooling system comprising:
- a positive displacement compressor for pressurizing air to a pressure of about 0.5 to 14 pounds-force per square inch gauge pressure (psig);
- a compressor hub having an axis of rotation arranged eccentrically with respect to a compressor circumferential wall;
- the hub coupled to a plurality of blades with respective blade roots;
- the distance between the root end of each blade and the hub axis remaining substantially constant during compressor operation;
- the distance between each blade tip and the hub axis cyclically changing in a substantially oscillatory fashion during compressor operation;
- a heat exchanger physically coupled to a semiconductor device;
- the heat exchanger incorporating a plurality of channels suitable for transporting the pressurized gas;
- each channel having an inlet, an outlet and at least one inside dimension in the range of about 5 to 50 one thousandths of an inch;
- a first manifold in fluid communication with the channel inlets;
- the first manifold operative to supply pressurized air from the compressor to the channel inlets;
- a compressor mounted filter frame and a filter coupled to the frame;
- the filter operative to restrict passage of contaminants with a mean diameter of about 25 one thousandths of an inch and greater;
- a collector in fluid communication with the channel outlets;
- a conduit in fluid communication with the collector;
- the conduit operative to transport gas exhausted from the heat exchanger across a physical boundary separating two spaces, one of which is a temperature controlled space suited for human occupancy;
- articulated blade attachments at respective blade roots;
- and,
- a preferential weighting of the blades toward respective blade tips operative to increase an outlet pressure of the compressor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.