Thermal calibrating system

• US 8,342,742 B2
• Filed: 09/18/2007
• Issued: 01/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ametek Denmark A/S (Ametek Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Ametek Denmark A/S (Ametek Incorporated)
• Inventors: Harslund, Jan Haakon, Larsen, Jørgen Reinholdt, Galsgaard, Folke
• Primary Examiner(s): Jagan, Mirellys
• Application Number:
  US12/441,883
• Publication Number:
  US 20100101753A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,932 Days
• Field of Search: 374/1, 374/44, 374/165
• US Class Current: 374/1
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 19/006 Thermal coupling structure or interface
• CPC Class Codes: F28D 15/00 Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls ; Heat-exchange apparatus employing intermediate heat-transfer medium or bodies F28D17/00, F28D19/00, F28D20/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F28D 15/0266 with separate evaporating and condensing chambers connected by at least one conduit; Loop-type heat pipes; with multiple or common evaporating or condensing chambers F28D15/043 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F28D 15/06 Control arrangements therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 13/00 Arrangements for modifying heat-transfer, e.g. increasing, decreasing F28F1/00 - F28F11/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 2013/006 Heat conductive materials
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 15/002 Calibrated temperature sources, temperature standards therefor arrangements with respect to the cold junction of thermo-electric elements G01K7/12

Abstract

The invention relates to a temperature calibrating system (1) comprising a thermo siphon, a heat pipe or an equivalent (2) connected between a cooling unit (4) and a temperature calibration unit (3), where the system (1) further comprises an external chamber (8) connected to the heat pipe/thermo siphon or equivalent (2) for controlling the thermal conductivity between the two units and where the temperature of the external chamber (8) is held at a certain temperature, for example ambient temperature or a temperature controlled by external means. The external chamber (8) can be connected to the heat pipe/thermo siphon (2) via a conduit (9) which connection point is placed above liquid level at a evaporating end of the heat pipe/thermo siphon (2) and in that the external chamber (8) is arranged below the connection between the conduit (9) and the heat pipe/thermo siphon (2).

Claims

1. A temperature calibrating system comprising a thermo siphon or a heat pipe connected between a cooling unit and a temperature calibration unit, and an external chamber connected to the thermo siphon or heat pipe for controlling the thermal conductivity between the two units.

2. The temperature calibrating system according to claim 1, including temperature regulating elements for the temperature calibration unit comprising electric heating elements.

3. The temperature calibrating system according to claim 1, including temperature regulating elements for the temperature calibration unit comprising one or more Peltier elements.

4. The temperature calibrating system according to claim 1, wherein the external chamber provided with a filler connection for adding fluid to the system.

5. The temperature calibrating system according to claim 1, wherein the temperature of the external chamber is held at a certain temperature.

6. The temperature calibrating system according to claim 5, wherein the temperature is ambient temperature or a temperature controlled by external means.

7. The temperature calibrating system according to claim 1 or 5, wherein the external chamber is connected to the themo siphon or heat pipe via a conduit which connection point is placed above a liquid level at an evaporating end of the thermo siphon or heat pipe and the external chamber is arranged below the connection between the conduit and the thermo siphon or heat pipe.

8. The temperature calibrating system according to claim 7, wherein the conduit ends at a top of the external chamber.

9. The temperature calibrating system according to claim 7, wherein the conduit extends down into the external chamber forming a gap between the conduit and a bottom of the external chamber.

10. The temperature calibrating system according to claim 7, wherein at least a part of the conduit is situated above a liquid level of the system.

11. The temperature calibrating system according to claim 1 or 5, wherein the external chamber is connected to the themo siphon or heat pipe via a conduit which is connected to the themo siphon or heat pipe around a top end thereof or to a condensing end and external chamber is arranged below the connection between the conduit and the themo siphon or heat pipe.

12. The temperature calibrating system according to claim 11, wherein the external chamber is connected via a conduit which is connected to the top end of the condensing end.