System and method for separating components of a fluid coolant for cooling a structure
First Claim
1. A cooling system for a heat-generating structure disposed in an environment having an ambient pressure, the cooling system comprising:
- a heating device configured to heat fluid coolant comprising a mixture of water and antifreeze and vaporize a portion of the water into vapor while leaving an unvaporized portion of the antifreeze as liquid in the fluid coolant;
a cooling loop configured to direct the fluid coolant to and from the heating device;
a reservoir connected to the cooling loop, the reservoir configured to receive at least some of the unvaporized portion of the antifreeze as liquid from the cooling loop;
a structure configured to reduce a pressure of the fluid coolant to a subambient pressure at which the fluid coolant has a boiling temperature less than a temperature of the heat-generating structure; and
a heat exchanger in thermal communication with the heat-generating structure, the heat exchanger having an inlet port and an outlet port, the inlet port configured to receive fluid coolant in the form of a liquid, and the outlet port configured to dispense of fluid coolant out of the heat exchanger in the form of a vapor, wherein heat from the heat-generating structure causes the fluid coolant in the form of a liquid to boil and vaporize in the heat exchanger so that the fluid coolant absorbs heat from the heat-generating structure as the fluid coolant changes state.
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Abstract
A cooling system for a heat-generating structure includes a heating device, a cooling loop, and one or more reservoirs. The heating device is configured to heat fluid coolant comprising a mixture of water and antifreeze and vaporize a portion of the water into vapor while leaving a portion of the antifreeze as liquid in the fluid coolant. The cooling loop has a portion that splits the fluid coolant received from the heating device into a first path configured to receive at least some of the portion of the water as vapor and a second path configured to receive at least some of the portion of the antifreeze as liquid. The one or more reservoirs are configured to receive one of the at least some of the portion of the water as vapor from the first path or the at least some of the portion of the antifreeze as liquid from the second path.
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14 Claims
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1. A cooling system for a heat-generating structure disposed in an environment having an ambient pressure, the cooling system comprising:
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a heating device configured to heat fluid coolant comprising a mixture of water and antifreeze and vaporize a portion of the water into vapor while leaving an unvaporized portion of the antifreeze as liquid in the fluid coolant; a cooling loop configured to direct the fluid coolant to and from the heating device; a reservoir connected to the cooling loop, the reservoir configured to receive at least some of the unvaporized portion of the antifreeze as liquid from the cooling loop; a structure configured to reduce a pressure of the fluid coolant to a subambient pressure at which the fluid coolant has a boiling temperature less than a temperature of the heat-generating structure; and a heat exchanger in thermal communication with the heat-generating structure, the heat exchanger having an inlet port and an outlet port, the inlet port configured to receive fluid coolant in the form of a liquid, and the outlet port configured to dispense of fluid coolant out of the heat exchanger in the form of a vapor, wherein heat from the heat-generating structure causes the fluid coolant in the form of a liquid to boil and vaporize in the heat exchanger so that the fluid coolant absorbs heat from the heat-generating structure as the fluid coolant changes state.
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2. A cooling system for a heat-generating structure, the cooling system comprising:
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a heating device configured to heat fluid coolant comprising a mixture of water and antifreeze and vaporize a portion of the water into vapor while leaving an unvaporized portion of the antifreeze as liquid in the fluid coolant; a cooling loop configured to direct the fluid coolant to and from the heating device; and a reservoir connected to the cooling loop, the reservoir configured to at least some of the unvaporized portion of the antifreeze as liquid from the cooling loop. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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