System for thermally controlling an apparatus

摘要

A system for cooling items of equipment likely to give off energy, comprises: an enclosure comprising a membrane that is porous to water vapor and sealed to liquid water, said membrane separating the cavity into a first portion designed to contain a fluid consisting of water and vapor, a second portion designed to contain the vapor resulting from the vaporization of the water, a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the liquid-vapor fluid contained in the cavity, a device to discharge the vapor from the cavity into the environment creating a vacuum in this cavity and breaking the natural liquid/vapor balance of the cavity containing the liquid, thus causing a vaporization of a portion of the liquid, a means for controlling the flow rate of the vapor discharged to outside of the cavity, said control means being regulated on the signal delivered by the temperature sensor.

主权项

1. A system for cooling housings or items of equipment likely to give off energy, comprising:
an enclosure comprising a membrane that is sealed to a liquid and porous to the vapor of said liquid, said membrane separating the enclosure into a first cavity to contain a fluid consisting of said liquid and its vapor, a second cavity to contain the vapor resulting from the vaporization of the liquid, a temperature sensor suitable for measuring the temperature of the liquid-vapor fluid contained in the first cavity or the wall temperature of the first cavity, a device that will make it possible to discharge the vapor from the second cavity into the environment creating a vacuum in the second cavity and breaking the natural liquid/vapor balance within the first cavity containing the liquid, thus causing a vaporization of a portion of the liquid, a means for controlling the flow rate of the vapor discharged to the outside of the second cavity, said control means being regulated by a signal delivered by the temperature sensor, wherein the first cavity comprises a hygroscopic material or a material with high capillarity.