(19)
(11)EP 1 498 679 A3

(12)EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)Date of publication A3:
21.06.2006 Bulletin 2006/25

(43)Date of publication A2:
19.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/03

(21)Application number: 04016584.7

(22)Date of filing:  14.07.2004
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F28D 15/04(2006.01)
(84)Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL HR LT LV MK

(30)Priority: 14.07.2003 US 486467 P

(71)Applicant: Swales & Associates, Inc.
Beltsville, MD 20705 (US)

(72)Inventors:
  • Yun, James
    Laurel, MD 20723 (US)
  • Bugby, Dave
    Vienna, VA 22182 (US)
  • Kroliczek, Edward J.
    Davidsonville, MD 21035 (US)
  • Wolf Sr., David A.
    Baltimore, MD21221 (US)

(74)Representative: Howe, Steven 
Lloyd Wise Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1LW
London WC1A 1LW (GB)

  


(54)Thermal management system


(57) A system (100) includes a primary evaporator (115) facilitating heat transfer by evaporating liquid to obtain vapor. The primary evaporator (115) receives the liquid from a liquid line (125) and outputs the vapor to a vapor line (130). The primary evaporator (115) also outputs excess liquid received from the liquid line to an excess fluid line. A condensing system (120) receives the vapor from the vapor line (120), and outputs the liquid and excess liquid to the liquid line (125). The excess liquid is obtained at least partially from a reservoir (147). A primary loop (105) includes the condensing system (120), the primary evaporator (115), the liquid line (125), and the vapor line (130), and provides a heat transfer path. Similarly, a secondary loop (110) includes the condensing system (122), the secondary evaporator (150), the liquid line (160), the vapor line (130), and the excess fluid line. The secondary loop provides a venting path for removing undesired vapor within the liquid or excess liquid from the primary evaporator.







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