SYSTEM FOR COOLING HEAT GENERATING ELECTRICALLY ACTIVE COMPONENTS FOR SUBSEA APPLICATIONS

摘要

A subsea power module includes an outer pressure compensated vessel defining an interior chamber and one or more heat generating electrical components disposed within the interior chamber. The outer pressure compensated vessel is configured to maintain a pressure within the interior chamber substantially the same as an ambient pressure outside the outer pressure compensated vessel. Each of the electrical components may be disposed within an inner chamber of a pressure vessel disposed within the interior chamber of the outer pressure compensated vessel. Each of the one or more heat generating electrical components is configured to transfer heat generated within the interior chamber of the outer pressure compensated vessel through the wall defining the interior chamber to a fluid, such as seawater, surrounding the outer pressure compensated vessel.

主权项

1. A subsea power module comprising:
an outer pressure compensated vessel comprising a wall defining an interior chamber, the outer pressure compensated vessel configured to maintain a pressure within the interior chamber substantially the same as an ambient pressure outside the outer pressure compensated vessel; and one or more pressure vessels disposed within the interior chamber of the outer pressure compensated vessel and coupled to an interior surface of the wall defining the interior chamber of the outer pressure compensated vessel, each pressure vessel comprising:
an interior chamber configured to maintain a substantially constant pressure within the interior chamber of the pressure vessel; andone or more heat generating electrical components disposed within the interior chamber of the pressure vessel.