Method and apparatus for cooling electrical components
First Claim
1. An apparatus for cooling an electrical component which comprises:
- at least one sorber having a housing forming an enclosure,a sorbent located within the enclosurethe sorber including at least one port through which a sorbate may be communicated to the sorbent;
wherein the sorbate is adsorbed by the sorbent to form a sorbate/sorbent compound;
an electromagnetic wave generator coupled to the sorber;
wherein electromagnetic waves transmitted by the electromagnetic wave generator are propagated through the enclosure to desorb the sorbate from the sorbate/sorbent compound;
wherein the sorbate/sorbent compound is not heated by the electromagnetic waves to a degree sufficient to thermally desorb the sorbate from the sorbate/sorbent compound;
a condenser connected downstream of the sorber in communication with the enclosure;
an evaporator connected between the condenser and the port and coupled in heat-exchange relation to the electrical component, anda controllable valve interposed between the condenser and the evaporator;
wherein sorbate which is desorbed in the sorber is condensed in the condenser and then controllably released into the evaporator to create a cooling effect and thereby cool the electrical component, after which the sorbate is drawn back into the sorber.
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Abstract
An apparatus for cooling an electrical component is disclosed which comprises a sorber containing a sorbent; a condenser in fluid communication with the sorber; an evaporator in fluid communication with both the sorber and the condenser and connected in heat-exchange relation to the electrical component; wherein a sorbate which has been condensed in the condenser is evaporated in the evaporator, thereby absorbing heat from the electrical component, and then adsorbed onto the sorbent; an electromagnetic wave generator; a waveguide coupler for directing the electromagnetic waves to the sorbent; wherein the sorbate is desorbed from the sorbent by the electromagnetic waves and condensed in the condenser; and wherein the desorption of the sorbate from the sorbent is substantially isothermal.
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49 Claims
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1. An apparatus for cooling an electrical component which comprises:
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at least one sorber having a housing forming an enclosure, a sorbent located within the enclosure the sorber including at least one port through which a sorbate may be communicated to the sorbent; wherein the sorbate is adsorbed by the sorbent to form a sorbate/sorbent compound; an electromagnetic wave generator coupled to the sorber; wherein electromagnetic waves transmitted by the electromagnetic wave generator are propagated through the enclosure to desorb the sorbate from the sorbate/sorbent compound; wherein the sorbate/sorbent compound is not heated by the electromagnetic waves to a degree sufficient to thermally desorb the sorbate from the sorbate/sorbent compound; a condenser connected downstream of the sorber in communication with the enclosure; an evaporator connected between the condenser and the port and coupled in heat-exchange relation to the electrical component, and a controllable valve interposed between the condenser and the evaporator; wherein sorbate which is desorbed in the sorber is condensed in the condenser and then controllably released into the evaporator to create a cooling effect and thereby cool the electrical component, after which the sorbate is drawn back into the sorber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus for cooling an electrical component which comprises:
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at least one sorber containing a sorbent; a condenser in fluid communication with the sorber; an evaporator in fluid communication with both the sorber and the condenser and coupled in heat-exchange relation to the electrical component; wherein a sorbate which has been condensed in the condenser is evaporated in the evaporator, thereby absorbing heat from the electrical component, and then adsorbed onto the sorbent; an electromagnetic wave generator coupled to the sorber; wherein the sorbate is desorbed from the sorbent by the electromagnetic waves and then condensed in the condenser; wherein the desorption of the sorbate from the sorbent is primarily isothermal. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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