Patent ID: 6637219
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: B60H,F25B

Abstract:
A cooling device, in particular for motor vehicles, comprising:a coolant circuit having at least one section in which a coolant is present in the form of a vapor; a precipitation collector arranged in said at least one section having a reservoir for keeping back a coolant present in the form of a fluid from within said coolant present in the form of vapor; an inlet conduit leading from said reservoir into said at least one section for providing said coolant present in the form of fluid to said coolant present in the form of vapor; a control member arranged in said inlet conduit for regulating the flow of said coolant present in the form of fluid introduced into said at least one section; a sensor device for detecting the state of said coolant present in the form of fluid in said at least one section; a control device connected to said sensor device and said control member; and wherein a heat exchanger is arranged in said at least one section, by means for which heat is supplied to said coolant present in the form of vapor.