TWO-PHASE HEAT TRANSFER DEVICE
First Claim
1. A heat transfer device, subject to gravity, suitable for extracting heat from a heat source and for restoring this heat to a cold source by a two-phase working fluid contained in a closed general circuit, comprising:
- at least one evaporator, having an inlet and an outlet,at least one condenser,a reservoir having an inner volume with a liquid portion and a gas portion, and at least one inlet and/or outlet port,a first communication circuit, for fluid mainly in the vapor phase, connecting the outlet of the evaporator to an inlet of the condenser,a second communication circuit, for fluid mainly in the liquid phase, connecting an outlet of the condenser to the reservoir and to the inlet of the evaporator,wherein the reservoir comprises a plurality of floating bodies separating the liquid portion from the gas portion, by means of which heat exchanges between the liquid portion and the gas portion are slowed down.
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Abstract
A two-phase heat transfer device that is capillary-driven or gravity-driven, has a two-phase working fluid contained in a closed general circuit, including an evaporator, a condenser, a reservoir having an inner volume with a liquid portion and a gas portion, a first vapor communication circuit, and a second liquid phase communication circuit. The reservoir comprises a plurality of floating bodies separating the liquid portion from the gas portion, by means of which the heat exchanges between the liquid portion and the gas portion are slowed down, which allows to diminish the effect of movement of the liquid portion or of an influx of cold or warm liquid into the reservoir.
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1. A heat transfer device, subject to gravity, suitable for extracting heat from a heat source and for restoring this heat to a cold source by a two-phase working fluid contained in a closed general circuit, comprising:
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at least one evaporator, having an inlet and an outlet, at least one condenser, a reservoir having an inner volume with a liquid portion and a gas portion, and at least one inlet and/or outlet port, a first communication circuit, for fluid mainly in the vapor phase, connecting the outlet of the evaporator to an inlet of the condenser, a second communication circuit, for fluid mainly in the liquid phase, connecting an outlet of the condenser to the reservoir and to the inlet of the evaporator, wherein the reservoir comprises a plurality of floating bodies separating the liquid portion from the gas portion, by means of which heat exchanges between the liquid portion and the gas portion are slowed down. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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