Patent ID: 7254957
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: B63J,F25B,H01Q

Abstract:
1. A system for cooling a plurality of heat-generating structures on a ship, the plurality of heat-generating structures each disposed in respective environments having a respective ambient pressure, the system comprising: for each heat generating structure: structure which directs a flow of said respective coolant in the form of a liquid at said subambient pressure in a manner causing said liquid coolant to be brought into thermal communication with said heat-generating structure, the heat from said heat-generating structure causing said liquid coolant to boil and vaporize so that said respective coolant absorbs heat from said heat-generating structure as said respective coolant changes state, wherein said heat-generating structure includes a plurality of sections which each generate heat, and wherein said structure for directing the flow of said coolant brings respective portions of said coolant into thermal communication with respective said sections of said heat-generating structure;