US 11,997,839 B2
Heat dissipation system and an associated method thereof
Alistair Martin Waddell, Bavaria (DE); Mark Aaron Chan Chan, Bavaria (DE); Owen Jannis Schelenz, Berlin (DE); and Michael Fernahl, Brandenburg (DE)
Assigned to GE Grid Solutions LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/452,509.
Application 17/452,509 is a continuation of application No. 15/639,674, filed on Jun. 30, 2017, granted, now 11,252,847.
Prior Publication US 2022/0053673 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); F28D 15/02 (2006.01); H01L 23/427 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20936 (2013.01) [F28D 15/0266 (2013.01); H01L 23/427 (2013.01); H05K 7/20254 (2013.01); H05K 7/2029 (2013.01); H05K 7/20309 (2013.01); H05K 7/20318 (2013.01); H05K 7/20336 (2013.01); H05K 7/2039 (2013.01); H05K 7/20663 (2013.01); H05K 7/203 (2013.01); H05K 7/20327 (2013.01); H05K 7/208 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat dissipation system comprising:
a condenser comprising an upstream end and a downstream end;
a first cooling loop coupled to the condenser, wherein the first cooling loop comprises:
a first two-phase heat transfer device coupled to a first component of a power converter; and
a first conduit coupled in flow communication with the upstream end and the downstream end of the condenser; and
a second cooling loop coupled to the condenser, wherein the second cooling loop comprises:
a second two-phase heat transfer device coupled to a second component of the power converter;
a second conduit coupled in flow communication with the upstream end and the downstream end of the condenser; and
a single-phase heat transfer device coupled to a third component of the power converter, the single-phase heat transfer device further being coupled to and disposed upstream relative to the second two-phase heat transfer device, wherein the condenser is disposed above the first and second two-phase heat transfer devices and is configured to receive a two-phase fluid from the first cooling loop and the second cooling loop at the upstream end and discharge a single-phase fluid at the downstream end to the first cooling loop and the second cooling loop, wherein the first and second components are power electronics components of the power converter and the third component is an auxiliary component of the power converter, wherein the first and second components are configured to generate substantially more heat than the third component.