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Cooling of heat intensive systems

  • US 8,820,114 B2
  • Filed: 03/02/2011
  • Issued: 09/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2009
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A cooling system for cooling heat intensive systems, the cooling system comprising:

  • a cooling unit that utilizes a supersonic cycle to cool a working fluid in a closed-loop fluid pathway, wherein the supersonic cycle generates a compression wave that causes pressure and phase changes in the working fluid, thereby cooling the working fluid; and

    a heat exchanger that transfers heat generated by the heat intensive system to the cooling unit via a circulating fluid that is in thermal communication with the working fluid; and

    wherein a mechanical pump is used to increase the pressure of the working fluid at an inlet of at least one evaporator tube without the fluid passing through an intermediate heater, fluid flow within the at least one evaporator tube being in the critical flow regime and causing a phase change in the working fluid.

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