Patent ID: 7010936

Claim:
An apparatus for cooling, comprising: a condenser having a heat transfer surface, wherein the condenser acts as a heat exchanger so that heat is removed from a compressed refrigerant by a first external fluid in thermal contact with the heat transfer surface of the condenser, wherein the condenser comprises a dividing wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the interior surface is in thermal contact with the compressed refrigerant and the exterior surface is the heat transfer surface; an expansion device, wherein the expansion device receives refrigerant from the condenser, wherein the refrigerant received from the condenser is expanded through the expansion device; an evaporator, wherein the refrigerant exiting the expansion device flows through the evaporator, wherein the evaporator is in thermal contact with a heat source, wherein the refrigerant absorbs heat from the heat source as the refrigerant passes through the evaporator; a compressor, wherein the compressor receives the refrigerant exiting from the evaporator, wherein the compressor compresses the refrigerant received from the evaporator, wherein the compressed refrigerant exits the compressor and flows into the condenser; and a means for flowing the first external fluid across the heat transfer surface of the condenser, wherein the flow of the first external fluid is substantially parallel with the heat transfer surface of the condenser.