EP 2344827 A1 20110720 - THERMAL CONTROL DEVICE WITH NETWORK OF INTERCONNECTED CAPILLARY HEAT PIPES
Title (en)
THERMAL CONTROL DEVICE WITH NETWORK OF INTERCONNECTED CAPILLARY HEAT PIPES
Title (de)
THERMISCHE REGULIERUNGSVORRICHTUNG MIT VERNETZTEN KAPILLARWÄRMEROHREN
Title (fr)
DISPOSITIF DE RÉGULATION THERMIQUE À RÉSEAU DE CALODUCS CAPILLAIRES INTERCONNECTÉS
Publication
Application
Priority
- FR 2009052156 W 20091109
- FR 0857643 A 20081112
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2010055253A1] The thermal control device comprises at least one network (30) of capillary heat pipes (31), in which each heat pipe (31) comprises a tube enclosing an essentially annular longitudinal capillary structure, for the circulation of a two-phase heat-transfer fluid in the liquid phase, and surrounding a central channel for the circulation of said two-phase fluid in the vapour phase. The tubes of at least two heat pipes (31) of the network (30) intersect and are interconnected in such a way that at each intersection of heat pipes (31) forming a node (36, 37, 38) of the network (30), an exchange of fluid in the liquid phase can take place by capillary action between the capillary structures of said two or more heat pipes (31), and such that, simultaneously, an exchange of fluid in the vapour phase can take place by free circulation between the central channels of said two or more heat pipes (31).
IPC 8 full level
F28D 15/02 (2006.01); F28D 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
F28D 15/0233 (2013.01 - EP); F28D 15/0275 (2013.01 - EP US); F28D 15/043 (2013.01 - EP US); F28F 9/26 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2010055253A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA RS
DOCDB simple family (publication)
FR 2938323 A1 20100514; FR 2938323 B1 20101224; CN 102245995 A 20111116; CN 102245995 B 20130828; EP 2344827 A1 20110720; EP 2344827 B1 20130227; ES 2404083 T3 20130523; US 2011209864 A1 20110901; WO 2010055253 A1 20100520
DOCDB simple family (application)
FR 0857643 A 20081112; CN 200980150321 A 20091109; EP 09768164 A 20091109; ES 09768164 T 20091109; FR 2009052156 W 20091109; US 200913128192 A 20091109