IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0974512
(2010-12-21)
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등록번호 |
US-8665591
(2014-03-04)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Bourgeois, Richard
- Frutschy, Kristopher
- Sakami, Mohamed
- Waters, William
- Leng, Mao
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
GE Global Patent Operation
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
1 인용 특허 :
5 |
초록
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A system for an electronic device includes a housing having one or more walls that define an internal region. An outlet port is fluidically coupled to the internal region of the housing, which allows emission of a fluid from the internal region of the housing as a first flow at a first temperature.
A system for an electronic device includes a housing having one or more walls that define an internal region. An outlet port is fluidically coupled to the internal region of the housing, which allows emission of a fluid from the internal region of the housing as a first flow at a first temperature. A merging element, fluidically coupled to the outlet port, merges the first flow with a second flow, which has a second temperature that is less than the first temperature.
대표청구항
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1. A system for an electronic device, comprising: a housing having one or more walls that define an internal region;an outlet port that is fluidically coupled to the internal region of the housing, which allows emission of a fluid from the internal region of the housing as a first flow at a first te
1. A system for an electronic device, comprising: a housing having one or more walls that define an internal region;an outlet port that is fluidically coupled to the internal region of the housing, which allows emission of a fluid from the internal region of the housing as a first flow at a first temperature;a merging element, fluidically coupled to the outlet port, which merges the first flow with a second flow to create a combined flow, which has a second temperature that is less than the first temperature;an inlet port that fluidically couples the internal region of the housing to a fluid source that is external to the housing; anda first displacement unit that pushes fluid through the inlet port, into the internal region of the housing, through the outlet port, and out of the housing to create the first flow, the temperature of the first flow is lower before it is pushed through the inlet port than after it is pushed through the outlet port. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is positioned in the internal region, and the electronic device comprises an energy storage device. 3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the energy storage device is a molten salt battery. 4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the housing has a configuration that is one of a cube, a cuboid, a square-based pyramid, a cone, a triangular prism, a triangular-based pyramid, a cylinder, or a sphere. 5. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a cabinet, wherein the housing is one of a plurality of housings disposed in the cabinet. 6. A cabinet comprising the enclosure as defined in claim 1, wherein the combined flow is vented first to an internal region of the cabinet, and then out into the atmosphere. 7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the outlet port has a diameter capable to facilitate a mass flow rate of the first flow through the outlet port at a rate that is in a range of from about 0.1 cubic feet per minute to about 100 cubic feet per minute. 8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the merging element directs the combined flow on an axis that is between 1 degree and 90 degrees relative to the face of the housing on which the outlet port is disposed. 9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the fluid is a gas. 10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the fluid is water or an organic fluid. 11. The system according to claim 1, wherein the second flow has a temperature that is less than the internal region. 12. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first flow has a temperature in a range of from about 50 degrees Celsius to about 700 degrees Celsius. 13. The system according to claim 1, wherein the second flow has a temperature that is in a range of from about standard room temperature to about 100 degrees Celsius. 14. The system according to claim 1, wherein the combined flow has a temperature that is less than the first flow. 15. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first flow has a mass flow rate that is in a range of from about 0.1 cubic feet per minute to about 100 cubic feet per minute. 16. The system according to claim 1, wherein the second flow has a mass flow rate that is in a range of from about 0.1 cubic feet per minute to about 100 cubic feet per minute. 17. The system according to claim 1, wherein a mass flow rate of the first flow is substantially equivalent to a mass flow rate of the second flow. 18. The system according to claim 1, wherein the merging element further comprises a bypass that splits the fluid into the first flow and the second flow. 19. The system according to claim 1, further comprising an exhaust port, fluidically coupled to the outlet port, which discharges the combined flow to a volume external the housing. 20. The system according to claim 19, further comprising a semi-permeable barrier that at least partially encloses the exhaust port to facilitate entrainment of the combined flow after it is discharged. 21. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a filter disposed between the inlet port and the first displacement unit. 22. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a second displacement unit, fluidically coupled to the merging element, which draws fluid from a volume external to the housing to create the second flow. 23. The system according to claim 22, the second displacement unit has a mass flow rate that is in a range of from about 5 percent to about 5000 percent of a mass flow rate of the first displacement unit. 24. The system according to claim 1, further comprising: a first sensor that detects a mass flow rate of the first displacement unit; anda control component that receives the mass flow rate value of the first displacement unit from the first sensor, compares it to a threshold value, and outputs a signal if the mass flow rate value is greater than the threshold value. 25. The system according to claim 24, further comprising: a second sensor that measures a temperature of the combined flow,wherein the control component receives the combined flow temperature from the second sensor, compares it to a threshold value, and modifies a fluid output of the second displacement unit proportional to a disparity between the combined flow temperature and the threshold value. 26. The system according to claim 1, wherein housing has a plurality of faces, and the outlet port is disposed on the same face as the first displacement unit is disposed. 27. The cabinet according to claim 26, further comprising a controller that maintains the temperature in the cabinet below a threshold by one or more of increasing the second air mass flow rate, activating a compressor to chill the first flow, increasing the mass flow rate out of an interior region of the cabinet, and/or derating the electronic device to control the amount of heat being generated. 28. A method to thermally manage a housing for an energy storage device, comprising: fludically coupling an internal region of the housing to a fluid source that is external to the housing through an inlet port;pushing a fluid through the inlet port into an internal region of the housing using a fluid displacement unit;emitting the fluid from the internal region of the housing through an outlet port as a first flow at a first temperature, the temperature of the first flow is lower before it is pushed through the inlet port than after it is pushed through the outlet port;drawing fluid from a volume external to the housing to create a second flow at a second temperature, which is less than the first temperature of the first flow; andmerging the first flow with the second flow. 29. The method according to claim 28, further comprising: creating a combined flow by the merging of the first flow with the second flow; anddischarging the combined flow to a volume external the housing. 30. The method according to claim 29, further comprising controlling a mass flow rate of the second flow based on a temperature of the combined flow. 31. The method according to claim 29, further comprising entraining the combined flow before it is discharged to the volume external the housing.
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