Cooling Apparatus for Fluid
First Claim
1. A cooling apparatus for a fluid, comprising:
- an endoergic-side heat exchanger that has a fluid passage for passing a fluid to be cooled and stores a cooling medium for cooling the fluid through heat exchange with the fluid in the fluid passage;
an exoergic-side heat exchanger that has at least two cooling medium passages, one ends of the at least two cooling medium passages being communicated with the endoergic-side heat exchanger and the other ends of the at least two cooling medium passages being communicated with each other; and
cooling means that cools the cooling medium passing through the exoergic-side heat exchanger by heat exchange with the cooling medium,wherein the cooling apparatus is configured so as to recirculate the cooling medium between the endoergic-side heat exchanger and the exoergic-side heat exchanger,the cooling medium passages have a passage diameter or an equivalent diameter ranging from 2 mm to 16 mm, andall the cooling medium passages are formed with a substantially equal diameter or the equivalent diameter.
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Abstract
An apparatus for efficiently cooling the heat of a hot target without enlarging the size of a cooling device or needing either a piping to connect an evaporation portion and a condensation portion or a steam circulation pump. An exoergic-side heat exchanger has a fluid passage for the target fluid, and stores a coolant for cooling the fluid in the fluid passage through heat exchange. An endoergic-side heat exchanger has at least two coolant passages, the one ends of which communicate with the endoergic-side heat exchanger, and the other ends of which communicate with each other through a common coolant passage. A cooling device cools the coolant by exchanging heat with the coolant passing through the exoergic-side heat exchanger. The coolant passage has a diameter or an equivalent diameter within a range of 2 mm to 16 mm, and all the coolant passages have a substantially identical or equivalent diameter.
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14 Claims
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1. A cooling apparatus for a fluid, comprising:
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an endoergic-side heat exchanger that has a fluid passage for passing a fluid to be cooled and stores a cooling medium for cooling the fluid through heat exchange with the fluid in the fluid passage; an exoergic-side heat exchanger that has at least two cooling medium passages, one ends of the at least two cooling medium passages being communicated with the endoergic-side heat exchanger and the other ends of the at least two cooling medium passages being communicated with each other; and cooling means that cools the cooling medium passing through the exoergic-side heat exchanger by heat exchange with the cooling medium, wherein the cooling apparatus is configured so as to recirculate the cooling medium between the endoergic-side heat exchanger and the exoergic-side heat exchanger, the cooling medium passages have a passage diameter or an equivalent diameter ranging from 2 mm to 16 mm, and all the cooling medium passages are formed with a substantially equal diameter or the equivalent diameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14)
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12. A cooling apparatus for a fluid, comprising:
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an endoergic-side heat exchanger that has a fluid passage for passing the fluid to be cooled and stores a cooling medium for cooling the fluid through heat exchange with the fluid in the fluid passage; an exoergic-side heat exchanger that has at least two cooling medium passages, one ends of the at least two cooling medium passages being communicated with the endoergic-side heat exchanger and the other ends of the at least two cooling medium passages being communicated with each other; and cooling means that cools the cooling medium passing through the exoergic-side heat exchanger by heat exchange with the cooling medium, wherein the cooling apparatus is configured so as to recirculate the cooling medium between the endoergic-side heat exchanger and the exoergic-side heat exchanger, and the cooling medium passages are capable of passing steam vaporized from the cooling medium in the endoergic-side heat exchanger by absorbing heat of the fluid, and the cooling medium that becomes liquid in the exoergic-side heat exchanger after heat is absorbed with the cooling means.
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