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Cooling device for cooling components and batteries in a switch cabinet

  • US 5,655,381 A
  • Filed: 03/10/1995
  • Issued: 08/12/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A cooling device for cooling electric and electronic components and batteries in a switch cabinet, the cooling device comprising a housing having a first chamber, a second chamber below the first chamber and a third chamber separate from the first and second chambers, a first heat exchanger mounted in the first chamber of the housing, the first chamber having a top intake for warm air drawn by suction from a first chamber of the switch cabinet and passed through the first heat exchanger, and an outlet for cold air conducted from the first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger mounted in the second chamber of the housing, the second chamber having a bottom intake for warm air drawn by suction from a second chamber of the switch cabinet and passed through the second heat exchanger, and an outlet for cold air conducted from the second heat exchanger, the outlet for cold air conducted from the first heat exchanger being located adjacent the outlet for cold air conducted from the second heat exchanger, and a condenser and a ventilator mounted in the third chamber of the housing, the third chamber of the housing having a lower intake for supplying condensed air and an upper outlet for condenser exhaust air, further comprising a compressor for feeding both the first and the second heat exchangers, wherein the housing of the cooling device is rigidly connected to the switch cabinet, wherein the first chamber of the switch cabinet is arranged above the second chamber of the switch cabinet, such that the first chamber of the switch cabinet is in communication with the top intake and the outlet of the first chamber of the housing for forming a first cooling system including the first heat exchanger, and the second chamber of the switch cabinet is in communication with the bottom intake and the outlet of the second chamber of the housing for forming a second cooling system including the second heat exchanger, and wherein the electric and electronic components are arranged in the first chamber of the switch cabinet and the batteries are arranged in the second chamber of the switch cabinet.

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