LIQUID COOLING SYSTEM WITH THERMAL VALVE DEFLECTOR

摘要

The liquid cooling system has a heat exchanger having a fluid inlet and an outlet; a fluid supply conduit leading to the inlet of the heat exchanger; a fluid return conduit extending from the outlet of the heat exchanger; a bypass conduit extending between the fluid supply conduit and the fluid return conduit; a thermal valve configured for selectively closing the bypass conduit, the valve having a temperature sensing element positioned downstream of both the heat exchanger and the bypass conduit, the temperature sensing element configured to selectively move the thermal valve in response to a temperature change of the liquid which the temperature sensing element is exposed to relative to a temperature threshold of the valve; and a deflector positioned between the temperature sensing element and at least one of the bypass conduit and the heat exchanger outlet.

主权项

1. A liquid cooling system for directing a fluid therethrough, the system comprising:
a heat exchanger having a fluid inlet and outlet; a fluid supply fluid supply conduit communicating with the inlet of the heat exchanger; a fluid return conduit communicating with the outlet of the heat exchanger; a bypass conduit extending between the fluid supply conduit and the fluid return conduit in parallel with the heat exchanger; a thermal valve configured for selectively closing the bypass conduit, the valve having a temperature sensing element positioned downstream of both the heat exchanger and the bypass conduit for sensing the temperature of the fluid, the temperature sensing element configured to selectively move the thermal valve in response to a temperature change of the fluid relative to a temperature threshold of the valve; and a deflector positioned between the temperature sensing element and the heat exchanger outlet, the deflector being shaped and configured to impede directed impingement of cooled liquid flow exiting the heat exchanger outlet on the temperature sensing element during activation of the valve.