Cooling electrical equipment
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsRyan T. Davis, James C. Schmalzried, Jyoti Sastry, Ankit Somani
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Abstract
A circuit breaker system includes a circuit breaker that includes an electrical input for a power circuit and positioned on a first holder in a housing of the circuit breaker system; a cooling device positioned on a second holder adjacent to the first holder in the housing, the cooling device configured to dissipate heat generated by the circuit breaker; and a control system coupled to the circuit breaker and the cooling device, the control system configured to determine a temperature condition of the circuit breaker and control the cooling device based at least in part on the determined temperature condition.
Claims25
An electrical apparatus, comprising:
- a housing comprising a base that comprises a plurality of holding assemblies and an inner volume defined by sides and a cover;
- a plurality of circuit breakers, at least one circuit breaker configured to be coupled to a power circuit and positioned on a respective holding assembly of the base;
- and
- a cooling device positioned on a particular holding assembly of the base, the particular holding assembly adjacent to the circuit breakers, the cooling device configured to dissipate heat generated by the circuit breakers.
A method for cooling an electrical apparatus, comprising:
- monitoring temperature conditions of a plurality of circuit breakers in the electrical apparatus, each circuit breaker electrically coupled to a power circuit and coupled to a holding assembly of a plurality of holding assemblies in a housing of the electrical apparatus;
- determining that a temperature condition of a particular circuit breaker of the plurality of circuit breakers is beyond a predetermined threshold;
- and
- cooling, based on the determined temperature condition, at least one of the plurality of circuit breakers with a cooling device positioned on a particular holding assembly of the plurality of holding assemblies.
A circuit breaker system, comprising:
- a circuit breaker comprising an electrical input for a power circuit and positioned on a first holder in a housing of the circuit breaker system;
- a cooling device positioned on a second holder adjacent to the first holder in the housing, the cooling device configured to dissipate heat generated by the circuit breaker;
- and
- a control system coupled to the circuit breaker and the cooling device, the control system configured to determine a temperature condition of the circuit breaker and control the cooling device based at least in part on the determined temperature condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.