Abstract:
When a cooling device employing an ebullient cooling system is mounted in a low-profile electronic device, not only is it impossible to obtain the sufficient cooling performance, but also the cooling efficiency of the entire electronic device decreases, therefore, a cooling device according to an exemplary aspect of the invention includes evaporating means for storing a refrigerant; condensing means for condensing and liquefying a vapor-phase refrigerant vaporized in the evaporation means and radiating heat; a pipe connecting the evaporating means to the condensing means; and flow regulating means for regulating a flow direction of air passing through the condensing means, wherein the evaporating means and the condensing means are located on roughly the same level in the vertical direction; the evaporating means includes an evaporation container and bulkhead means for separating the refrigerant disposed in the evaporation container; the height of the bulkhead means is larger than or equal to the height of a vapor-liquid interface of the refrigerant and is smaller than the height of the evaporation container; the pipe includes a vapor pipe through which vapor-phase refrigerant flows and a liquid pipe through which condensed and liquefied liquid-phase refrigerant flows; the condensing means includes first condensing means and second condensing means which differ in condensing-means height which is defined as the height in vertical direction of a condensation container composing the condensing means, and the condensing-means height of the first condensing means is configured to be larger than the condensing-means height of the second condensing means; the first condensing means includes a vapor pipe connection portion which is connected to the vapor pipe at the position above the condensing-means height of the second condensing means in vertical direction; and the flow regulating means is disposed in the upper part of the second condensing means.
Abstract:
An electronic substrate 200A mounts a heater element 220. A chassis 300A houses an electronic substrate 200 in an airtight manner. A cooling unit 400 cools the electronic substrate 200. The cooling unit 400 includes a heat receiving part 410 and a heat radiation part 420. The heat receiving part 410 receives heat from the electronic substrate 200. The heat radiation part 420 is connected with the heat receiving part 410, and radiates heat from the electronic substrate 200 which has received by the heat receiving part 410. Further, the heat receiving part 410 is provided in the chassis 300A in an airtight manner, and the heat radiation part 420 is provided outside the chassis 300. As a result, efficient cooling is possible, and moreover, maintenance replacement work can be performed for each piece of electronic substrate housing equipment individually.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to prevent cavitation in a refrigerant pump from occurring due to a decrease in a net positive suction head in a cooling device. A cooling device of the present invention is a cooling device using a refrigeration cycle in which a refrigerant is circulated through a heat receiver (1), a compressor (2), a heat radiator (3), and an expander (4), and includes a tank (5) that separates the refrigerant supplied from the expander (4) into a gas phase refrigerant and a liquid phase refrigerant, a pump (6) that sends the liquid phase refrigerant separated in the tank (5) to the heat receiver (1), and a control unit (7) that controls the amount of increase in pressure of the compressor 2 in the refrigeration cycle, and the control unit (7) increases the pressure of the compressor (2) in a limited range in which the value of the net positive suction head of the pump (6) does not fall below a predetermined value.
Abstract:
A cooling device includes: a duct that guides air that has absorbed heat generated inside a cooling target and has been discharged, to the cooling target; a cooler that is provided in the duct and cools the air flowing inside the duct; and an adjusting mechanism that is located on a downstream side of the cooler, adjusts an amount of the air discharged from the duct into a room where the cooling target is installed.
Abstract:
A heat exchanger has a structure in which a heat exchanger main body through which coolant flows is obliquely installed in a box-shaped enclosure, the heat exchanger main body is constituted by a header pipe and a plurality of heat transfer pipes connected to the header pipe and disposed at predetermined intervals along a surface of a part of the header pipe, the header pipe has an area adjacent to an inner surface of the enclosure, and a seal section is provided between the inner surface of the enclosure and the area of the header pipe adjacent to the enclosure.
Abstract:
In a phase-change cooling apparatus including an indoor unit and an outdoor unit, a configuration to prevent dew condensation in the indoor unit causes the cooling performance to decrease; therefore, a refrigerant circulating apparatus according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes refrigerant-liquid thermal equilibrium means for mixing a first refrigerant liquid with a second refrigerant liquid and sending a reflux refrigerant liquid composed of the first refrigerant liquid and the second refrigerant liquid, the first refrigerant liquid being a liquid-phase refrigerant included in a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant flowing in from heat receiving means, the second refrigerant liquid arising due to the gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant cooled by heat radiating means; a refrigerant passage configured for the gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant and the reflux refrigerant liquid to circulate between the heat receiving means and the refrigerant-liquid thermal equilibrium means; refrigerant-liquid reflux means for refluxing the reflux refrigerant liquid to the heat receiving means through the refrigerant passage; and refrigerant-liquid flow control means for controlling a flow rate of the reflux refrigerant liquid.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a heat exchanger including a lower header into which a liquid-phase refrigerant flows, a plurality of heat exchange pipes which branch off from the lower header and extend upwards, and an upper header which is configured to collect refrigerant received by the heat exchange pipes, in which a refrigerant inlet of the lower header is provided with a flow passage resistance adjusting hole having a cross-section smaller than a flow passage cross-section of a pipe passage for supplying the refrigerant.
Abstract:
An electronic board 200 has a heat generating component 220 mounted on it. An enclosure 300 houses the electronic board 200. A heat transport unit 400 is coupled to the enclosure 300 and transports heat generated by the heat generating component 220 to the outside. A heat receiving unit 510 is provided in a heat transport unit 400, 400A. The heat receiving unit 510 receives heat generated by the heat generating component 220. A heat dissipating unit 530 is provided in the heat transport unit 400 in such a manner that a portion of the heat dissipating unit 530 is exposed to outside air, and is coupled to the heat receiving unit 510. The heat dissipating unit 530 dissipates heat received by the heat receiving unit 510 to the outside. A guide duct unit 340 is formed into a tube interconnecting the heat generating component 220 and the heat receiving unit 510 in order to release heat of the heat generating component 220 to the heat receiving unit 510. This enables the heat generating component on the electronic board to be efficiently cooled with a small and simple configuration.
Abstract:
A cooling system of an electronic device storing apparatus of the present invention comprises: a rack including an electronic device and a plurality of placement shelves to place the electronic device; in the rack, a vaporizer having a refrigerant internally being mounted; outside the rack, a condensing part connected with the vaporizer by a laying pipe being installed; and a refrigerant adjustment means for adjusting a height of a refrigerant surface in the vaporizer.
Abstract:
An air conditioner includes: a turbo compressor that compresses a heat medium; a heat exchanger that exchanges heat of the heat medium supplied from the turbo compressor with an atmosphere; and a supply flow path and a discharge flow path that connect the turbo compressor and the heat exchanger. At least one of the supply flow path and the discharge flow path includes piping, and the piping includes a gas barrier layer that covers a surface of a synthetic resin.