Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention provides a waste heat recovery type immersed phase change cooling system which has the advantages of small volume, good temperature uniformity, high-efficiency heat dissipation, graded cooling, waste heat recovery, low energy consumption and the like, and is suitable for cooling electronic devices, particularly small electronic equipment, such as heating parts in a computer system.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows:
a waste heat recovery type immersed phase-change cooling system is characterized in that:
comprises a first cooling device and a second cooling device,
the system also comprises a second cooling device, an energy recovery device and a third cooling device;
the first cooling device is used for carrying out heat exchange on the heating member;
the second cooling device is used for enhancing heat dissipation of the first cooling device, the energy recovery device provides a power source for the third cooling device after recovering heat absorbed by the first cooling device, and the third cooling device is used for enhancing heat dissipation of the first cooling device and the second cooling device.
Preferably, the first cooling device includes a cavity, and the cavity is filled with a cooling liquid.
The heating element is placed in the cavity, and is partially or completely immersed in the cooling liquid, the cooling liquid absorbs heat generated by the heating element, the evaporation and the phase change occur, a large amount of bubbles emerge from the heating element, and the generated heat is taken away by cooling liquid steam. The steam after phase change is gathered in the upper space of the cavity.
Preferably, the second cooling device is a heat pipe, and the heat pipe is arranged at the upper part of the cavity.
Preferably, the evaporation section of the heat pipe extends into the cavity, and the condensation section of the heat pipe is exposed to the air.
In order to enhance the heat dissipation capability of the second cooling device, the heat pipes are preferably heat-conducting copper pipe heat pipes, and the number of the heat pipes is multiple.
In order to enhance the heat dissipation capability of the second cooling device, the heat pipe is vertically arranged.
In order to enhance the heat dissipation capability of the second cooling device, the plurality of heat pipes are distributed in an array, for example, the heat pipes are distributed in a plurality of rows, the heat pipes in each row are arranged at equal intervals, and the heat pipes in two adjacent rows are arranged in a staggered manner.
Preferably, the energy recovery device comprises a heat collecting device, an energy conversion device and a heat radiating member.
In some embodiments of the invention, the heat collecting device is a scale flat plate radiator, the scale flat plate radiator comprises a flat plate and a plurality of ribbed plates arranged on the flat plate, the ribbed plates are positioned in the cavity to collect heat, and the flat plate part leaks in the air; the energy conversion device is a semiconductor thermoelectric generation sheet which is arranged on a flat plate of the scale flat plate radiator; the heat dissipation part is a heat pipe radiator which is arranged on the semiconductor temperature difference power generation sheet. The cold surface of the thermoelectric generation piece is tightly attached to the heat pipe radiator, the hot surface of the thermoelectric generation piece is tightly attached to the scale flat plate radiator, and stable temperature difference is formed at the two ends of the thermoelectric generation piece through heat conduction silicone grease connection.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the heat pipe heat sink is comprised of heat pipes and fins.
Preferably, the third cooling device includes a fan.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the fan is composed of a motor, fan blades, and a metal bracket for cooling the heat pipe radiator and the condenser of the copper heat pipe.
Preferably, the cavity is a box body with an open top, the open top has edges, and the top is covered and sealed by a metal cover plate.
Preferably, the metal cover plate is composed of an upper cover plate and a lower cover plate.
The upper cover plate is provided with a large round hole, a plurality of small round holes and a plurality of rectangular holes, the lower cover plate is processed into a shape like a Chinese character 'hui', and the inner side size of the lower cover plate is the same as the outer side size of the cavity.
Preferably, the above-mentioned big round hole is used for the power cord of the piece that generates heat in the cavity connects out, several little round holes are used for the installation heat conduction copper pipe heat pipe, the rectangular hole is used for the installation scale plate radiator.
Preferably, the above-mentioned big round hole is sealed with the aviation plug, electron device spare part power cord that generates heat passes through the aviation plug switching, right heat conduction copper pipe heat pipe scale plate heat sink with little round hole, rectangular hole adopt welded connection to guarantee that the cavity leakproofness is good.
Preferably, the fan is installed in front of the heatpipe radiator and faces the heatpipe radiator.
Preferably, the metal bracket is fixed in front of the heat pipe radiator, the motor is connected with the semiconductor thermoelectric generation piece, and the semiconductor thermoelectric generation piece provides electric energy for the motor.
Compared with the prior art, the method has the advantages that,
1) the problem that an immersed phase-change cooling system in the market is large in size is solved. The invention adopts a method of combining pool boiling and a heat pipe, abandons a water circulation cooling system, greatly reduces the volume of an immersed cooling system, reduces the installation cost and saves the space;
2) the problem that a large amount of heat energy released by phase change of a traditional immersed phase change cooling system is wasted is solved. The invention combines the thermoelectric power generation technology, converts the heat energy into the electric energy, supplies power to the fan, enables the fan to work to cool the heat pipe radiator and the heat conduction copper pipe heat pipe condensation section, and dissipates the heat through forced convection heat exchange, and can realize the recovery and utilization of waste heat;
3) the invention can realize the function of graded cooling. When the heat flow density is low, the output voltage of the temperature difference power generation sheet is not enough to maintain the fan to operate, the fan stops working, natural convection of the condensation section of the heat pipe can meet the heat dissipation requirement, under the high heat flow density, enough stable temperature difference is formed at two ends of the temperature difference power generation sheet to supply power to the fan, the fan works to cool the heat pipe radiator and the heat conduction copper pipe condensation section, and heat is dissipated by forced convection heat transfer;
4) the invention combines two efficient cooling modes of pool boiling and heat pipe, the temperature uniformity is good, the thermal resistance is 1/10 of traditional air cooling, and the cooling efficiency is higher;
5) the invention uses the heat pipe to replace the traditional immersed phase-change cooling circulating water system, saves the pump work of the water pump, and combines the thermoelectric power generation technology to recover the waste heat, and can greatly reduce the energy consumption of the immersed phase-change cooling system if being popularized and used.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is further described in detail with reference to the following embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "vertical", "lateral", "longitudinal", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "upper", "lower", "horizontal", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description of the present invention, and do not mean that the device or member to which the present invention is directed must have a specific orientation or position, and thus, cannot be construed as limiting the present invention.
A waste heat recovery type immersed phase change cooling system comprises a first cooling device, a second cooling device, an energy recovery device and a third cooling device.
The first cooling device is used for carrying out heat exchange on the heating member; the second cooling device is used for enhancing heat dissipation of the first cooling device, the energy recovery device provides a power source for the third cooling device after recovering heat absorbed by the first cooling device, and the third cooling device is used for enhancing heat dissipation of the first cooling device and/or the second cooling device.
The heating part comprises a computer mainboard, a data center server and other small electronic equipment. The heating element may be any one of a processor and a memory on the motherboard.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first cooling device includes a cavity 1, and a cooling liquid is disposed in the cavity 1. The cavity 1 is not completely filled with the cooling liquid. The heating element is placed in the cavity 1, and is partially or completely immersed in the cooling liquid, the cooling liquid absorbs heat generated by the heating element, evaporation and phase change occur, a large amount of bubbles emerge from the heating element, and the generated heat is taken away by cooling liquid steam. The phase-changed steam is collected in the upper space of the cavity 1.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the second cooling device is a heat pipe, and the heat pipe is disposed at an upper portion of the cavity 1.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the evaporation section of the heat pipe extends into the cavity 1, and the condensation section of the heat pipe is exposed to the air.
In order to enhance the heat dissipation capability of the second cooling device, the heat pipe is preferably a plurality of heat pipes 13 made of heat conducting copper pipes.
In order to enhance the heat dissipation capability of the second cooling device, the heat pipes are arranged in a vertical manner.
In order to enhance the heat dissipation capability of the second cooling device, the plurality of heat pipes are distributed in an array, for example, the heat pipes are distributed in a plurality of rows, the heat pipes in each row are arranged at equal intervals, and the heat pipes in two adjacent rows are arranged in a staggered manner.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the energy recovery device includes a heat collecting device, an energy conversion device, and a heat sink.
In some embodiments of the invention, the heat collecting device is a scale flat plate radiator 8, the scale flat plate radiator 8 comprises a flat plate and a plurality of rib plates arranged on the flat plate, the rib plates are positioned in the cavity 1 for heat collection, and the flat plate is partially exposed in the air; the energy conversion device is a semiconductor thermoelectric generation piece 12, and the semiconductor thermoelectric generation piece 12 is arranged on a flat plate of the scale flat plate radiator 8; the heat dissipation piece is a heat pipe radiator 7, and the heat pipe radiator 7 is arranged on the semiconductor thermoelectric generation piece 12. The cold surface of the thermoelectric power generation piece is tightly attached to the heat pipe radiator 7, the hot surface of the thermoelectric power generation piece is tightly attached to the scale flat plate radiator 8, and stable temperature difference is formed at two ends of the thermoelectric power generation piece through heat conduction silicone grease connection.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the heat pipe heat sink 7 is composed of heat pipes and fins.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the third cooling device includes a fan 14.
The fan 14 may be composed of a motor 9, fan blades 14, and metal bracket 10, and is used for cooling the heat pipe radiator 7 and the condensation section of the copper heat pipe 13.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the chamber 1 is an open-topped box, the open top has edges, and the top is covered and sealed by a metal cover plate 4.
Preferably, the metal cover plate 4 is composed of an upper cover plate and a lower cover plate. The upper cover plate 6 is processed into a large round hole with the diameter of 8mm, a plurality of small round holes with the diameter of 6mm and a plurality of rectangular holes, the lower cover plate 5 is processed into a shape like a Chinese character 'hui', and the inner side size of the lower cover plate 5 is the same as the outer side size of the cavity 1.
Preferably, the above-mentioned big round hole is used for the power cord of the heating element in the cavity 1 to connect out, several little round holes are used for installing the heat conduction copper pipe heat pipe 13, the rectangular hole is used for installing the scale flat plate radiator 8.
Preferably, the above-mentioned big round hole is sealed with the aviation plug, electron device heating spare part power cord passes through the aviation plug switching, right heat conduction copper pipe heat pipe 13 scale plate heat sink 8 with little round hole, rectangular hole adopt welded connection to guarantee that cavity 1 leakproofness is good.
Preferably, the fan 14 is installed in front of the heatpipe heatsink 7 and faces the heatpipe heatsink 7, so as to facilitate better heat dissipation.
Preferably, the metal bracket 10 is fixed in front of the heat pipe radiator 7, the motor 9 is connected with the semiconductor thermoelectric generation piece 12, and the semiconductor thermoelectric generation piece 12 provides electric energy for the motor 9.
Examples
Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the waste heat recovery type immersed phase-change cooling system comprises a cavity 1, a simulated heat source 2, an electrically insulating cooling liquid 3, a metal cover plate 4, a heat pipe radiator 7, a scale flat plate radiator 8, a motor 9, a metal support 10, fan blades 11 and a semiconductor thermoelectric generation sheet 12.
Wherein, the simulation heat source 2 is a heating element, and the simulation heat source 2 is arranged inside the cavity 1 and is completely immersed in the electrically insulating cooling liquid 3. The metal cover plate 4 covers the cavity 1, and the periphery of the connection part is strictly sealed. The scale flat plate radiator 8 is fixedly arranged on the metal cover plate 4, the fin parts are positioned in the cavity 1 to collect heat, and the flat plate part is positioned outside the cavity 1. The heat pipe radiator 7 is placed above the scale flat plate radiator 8. The semiconductor thermoelectric power generation sheet 12 is placed between the heat pipe radiator 7 and the scale flat plate radiator 8, the hot surface is tightly attached to the scale flat plate radiator 8, the cold surface is tightly attached to the heat pipe radiator, and the three are bonded and fixed by heat-conducting silicone grease. A plurality of heat conducting copper pipe heat pipes 13 are vertically arranged on the metal cover plate 4. The fan 14 is fixedly arranged in front of the heat pipe radiator for cooling the heat pipe radiator and the cold end of the heat conducting copper pipe.
Referring to fig. 5, the cavity 1 is in an opening form, and a 3cm wide edge is left at the opening of the cavity.
Referring to fig. 1 to 4, an analog heat source 2 is shown placed inside a chamber 1. The system uses an electrically insulating cooling liquid 3 to completely submerge the simulated heat source 2 in direct contact therewith. Electrically insulating coolants that can be used in the system include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. similar to 3MTMCompany NovecTMAn engineering liquid of the type; 2. mineral oil; 3. a natural ester oil; 4. a silicone oil.
The electrical insulation coolant 3 of the illustrated embodiment was 3M, which was comprehensively analyzed from the viewpoints of thermal physical properties, physical and chemical properties, environmental safety, and the likeTMNovec7100 engineering liquid, computer components are immersed in an electrically insulating cooling liquid, so that the risk of fire caused by the failure of the components can be reduced.
Referring to fig. 11 and 12, the simulated heat source 2 is shown to comprise an electric heating film 16, a red copper sheet 17 and a wooden container 15, wherein the electric heating film 16 is attached to the red copper sheet 17 and placed in the wooden container 15, and a hole is formed in the wooden container, so that a lead of the electric heating film extends out of the hole. Fig. 10 is a schematic view of the surface structure of the simulated heat source 2, and a honeycomb porous or boss structure is processed on the surface of the red copper sheet 17 in the simulated heat source 2 by an electrochemical corrosion method or a mechanical processing method, so that a large number of vaporization cores can be formed, and heat transfer can be enhanced.
Referring to fig. 9, the metal cover plate 4 is composed of a lower cover plate 5 and an upper cover plate 6, the lower cover plate 5 is processed into a square-shaped structure, the inner side size of the lower cover plate is the same as the outer side size of the cavity 1, a plurality of rectangular holes, a plurality of small round holes and a large round hole are processed above the upper cover plate 6, the size of the rectangular holes is matched with the size of fins of the scale flat plate radiator, the scale flat plate radiator shown in fig. 8 is installed on the metal cover plate 4 through the rectangular holes, the scale flat plate radiator is made of red copper with higher heat conductivity, the large round hole is used for extending out a heat source lead in the cavity, one small round hole is connected with a liquid inlet pipe, a valve is installed on the pipe, when the electrically insulating cooling liquid needs to be injected, the valve is opened, the liquid is injected, and the other small round holes are arranged in a cross mode and used for installing the heat conducting copper pipe 13. The heat conduction copper pipe heat pipe, the scale flat plate radiator and the metal cover plate can be installed and fixed in a welding mode, good sealing performance is guaranteed, the large round hole is sealed through the aviation plug, the conducting wire is connected out through the aviation plug, and steam leakage after phase change is avoided.
Referring to fig. 10, in the method for connecting the metal cover plate 4 with the cavity 1, symmetrical screw holes are formed in the edges of the upper plate and the lower plate, the lower plate is sleeved on the cavity, the upper plate covers the opening of the cavity, the edge of the opening of the cavity is clamped between the two plates, the upper plate and the lower plate are fixedly connected through screws, so that the metal cover plate 4 is fixedly matched with the cavity 1, and a silicon rubber pad can be added at the contact joint for strictly sealing to prevent gas leakage after phase change.
Referring to fig. 1, the fan 14 is shown comprised of a metal bracket 10, fan blades 11 and a motor 9. The fan blade 11 is connected and fixed on the rotor of the motor 9, the motor 9 provides power for the fan 14, and the connected motor 9 and fan blade 11 are fixedly arranged on the metal bracket 10. The assembled fan 14 is fixed at the front end of the heat pipe radiator 7, so that the fan is opposite to an air supply channel formed by the fins of the radiator.
Referring to fig. 1 and 13, the semiconductor thermoelectric generation sheet 12 is installed between the scale-shaped flat plate radiator 8 and the heat pipe radiator 7, the cold surface of the semiconductor thermoelectric generation sheet 12 is tightly attached to the heat pipe radiator 7, the hot surface is tightly attached to the scale-shaped flat plate radiator 8, and the semiconductor thermoelectric generation sheet, the scale-shaped flat plate radiator 8, the semiconductor thermoelectric generation sheet and the heat pipe radiator are bonded through heat-conducting silicone grease. The semiconductor thermoelectric generation piece 12 forms enough temperature difference on two sides, so that power generation is realized by the temperature difference. The semiconductor thermoelectric generation piece 12 is connected with the motor 9, and the output voltage of the semiconductor thermoelectric generation piece 12 is used for supplying power to the motor 9.
The above-described embodiment is a simplified way of using simulated heat sources instead of electronic heating components for clarity of operation of the present invention, and another embodiment is to use the present invention to cool a data center server, which will be briefly described below.
The server is vertically placed in the cavity 1, is completely immersed by the electrically insulating cooling liquid 3 and is in direct contact with the electrically insulating cooling liquid, the large round hole in the metal cover plate 4 is strictly sealed by the aviation plug, and a circuit of the server is connected out of the cavity through the aviation plug. The processed micro-channel heat sink structure is placed on the surface of the chip to strengthen heat exchange.
The rest of the embodiments are the same as the embodiments replaced by the simulated heat source
The working principle of the invention is as follows:
in the waste heat recovery type immersed phase change cooling system, the electrically insulating cooling liquid 3 is heated and evaporated at the heating parts of the electronic equipment, phase change occurs, a large amount of bubbles emerge from the heating parts, and the generated heat is taken away by cooling liquid steam. The phase-changed steam is collected in the upper space of the cavity 1. The scale flat plate radiator 8 plays a heat collecting role, temperature difference is generated at two ends of the semiconductor thermoelectric generation piece 12, when the heating power of a simulation heat source is small, the output voltage of the semiconductor thermoelectric generation piece 12 is not enough to drive the fan 14 to work, and heat can be dissipated into the environment only through the condensation section of the heat conducting copper pipe 13 through natural convection, so that the temperature of heating parts is maintained within a safe range. When the heating power of the heating parts is large, the two ends of the semiconductor thermoelectric generation piece 12 generate enough temperature difference, the output voltage of the Seebeck effect is utilized to supply power to the fan 14, the fan 14 works to cool the heat pipe radiator 7, so that stable temperature difference always exists on the two sides of the semiconductor thermoelectric generation piece 12, meanwhile, steam heat is taken away from the condensation section of the heat conduction copper pipe 13 through forced convection cooling, and the heat is dissipated into the environment, so that the heating parts are maintained at a proper working temperature, the grading cooling function under different heat flux densities is realized, the waste heat is recovered, the pump power of a water circulation system is saved, and the energy is saved.
When the temperature of the electronic heating part is reduced to a certain degree and reaches a safety range, the generated temperature difference is not enough to enable the semiconductor temperature difference power generation sheet 12 to output enough voltage to maintain the fan 14 to operate, the fan 14 stops working, and when the temperature of the electronic heating part is raised again to reach a certain temperature difference, the fan 14 works again to dissipate heat, so that the temperature of the electronic heating part is maintained to be proper.
The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.