Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Phase-change cooling of subterranean power lines
- Patent Title (中): 地下电力线相变冷却
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Application No.: US14861766Application Date: 2015-09-22
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Publication No.: US09562704B2Publication Date: 2017-02-07
- Inventor: Roderick A. Hyde , Jordin T. Kare , Nathan P. Myhrvold , David B. Tuckerman , Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
- Applicant: Elwha LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: ELWHA LLC
- Current Assignee: ELWHA LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Main IPC: H02G3/03
- IPC: H02G3/03 ; H05K7/20 ; F24J3/08 ; F28D15/02 ; H02G9/02 ; F28D21/00

Abstract:
A cooling system for a subterranean power line may include a cooling tube configured to house a fluid. Heat generated by the subterranean power line may be radiated and/or conducted to the cooling tube and absorbed by the fluid within the cooling tube. As the fluid heats up, it may change phase from a liquid to a gas. The hot gas may rise to a heat-exchanging condenser configured to dissipate the heat and condense the fluid back into a liquid. The cool, condensed liquid my return from the heat-exchanging condenser to the cooling tube. Risers, gas transport tubes, pressure regulation systems, fluid storage tanks, and other components described herein may increase the efficiency of the cooling system and/or otherwise improve the viability of the cooling system for subterranean power lines.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160054032A1 PHASE-CHANGE COOLING OF SUBTERRANEAN POWER LINES Public/Granted day:2016-02-25
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