Cooling / heating panel

Abstract

A cooling/heating panel, which is capable of uniformly radiating heat, to achieve an enhancement in a cooling or heating efficiency, is disclosed. The disclosed cooling/heating panel includes a radiator including a plurality of corrugated plates stacked such that the adjacent corrugated plates extend orthogonally to each other. Each corrugated plate has a closed periphery. A corrugated diffusion passage is defined between the adjacent corrugated plates. The cooling/heating panel also includes a fluid supply/discharge unit for supplying a fluid to the cooling/heating panel such that the supplied fluid flows through each corrugated diffusion passage in a diffused manner, and discharging the fluid from the cooling/heating panel.

1 . A cooling/heating panel comprising:
 a radiator including a plurality of corrugated plates stacked such that the adjacent corrugated plates extend orthogonally to each other, each corrugated plate having a closed periphery, a corrugated diffusion passage being defined between the adjacent corrugated plates; and   a fluid supply/discharge unit for supplying a fluid to the cooling/heating panel such that the supplied fluid flows through each corrugated diffusion passage in a diffused manner, and discharging the fluid from the cooling/heating panel.   
   
   
       2 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 1 , wherein each corrugated diffusion passage comprises:
 upper and lower grooves respectively defined by the corrugated plates associated with the corrugated diffusion passage and arranged over and beneath the corrugated diffusion passage, such that the upper and lower grooves intersect each other while communicating with each other; and   periphery closing plates for closing the peripheries of the corrugated plates arranged over and beneath the corrugated diffusion passage, respectively.   
   
   
       3 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 the plurality of corrugated plates comprise two corrugated plates, to define a single corrugated diffusion passage in the radiator; and   the fluid supply/discharge unit comprises a fluid supply pipe and a fluid discharge pipe, which are connected to the single corrugated diffusion passage at opposite positions, to allow a fluid to be supplied to the corrugated diffusion passage, and then discharged from the corrugated diffusion passage after being diffused.   
   
   
       4 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 3 , wherein the fluid supply pipe has a fluid flow cross-sectional area larger than a sum of fluid flow cross-sectional areas of the upper grooves. 
   
   
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       29 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 3 , wherein the fluid discharge pipe is arranged at a level higher than a level of the fluid supply pipe. 
   
   
       30 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 the plurality of corrugated plates comprise at least three corrugated plates, to define at least two corrugated diffusion passages in the radiator; and   the fluid supply/discharge unit comprises a fluid supply pipe arranged at a lowermost one of the corrugated diffusion passages, to allow a fluid to be supplied to the lowermost corrugated diffusion passage, fluid holes respectively formed at the corrugated diffusion passages, to communicate the corrugated diffusion passages with one another, and thus to allow the fluid to be diffused in the corrugated diffusion passages, and a fluid discharge pipe arranged at an uppermost one of the corrugated diffusion passages, to allow the fluid to be discharged from the uppermost corrugated diffusion passage.   
   
   
       31 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 3 , wherein each upper groove has a fluid flow cross-sectional area smaller than a fluid flow cross-sectional area of each lower groove. 
   
   
       32 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 31 , wherein a sum of the fluid flow cross-sectional areas of the upper grooves is smaller than the fluid flow cross-sectional areas of each lower groove. 
   
   
       33 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a top plate arranged on a top of the radiator, to define a plurality of recessed spaces between the top plate and the corrugated plate arranged at the top of the radiator.   
   
   
       34 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 33 , further comprising:
 a heat storage material arranged in the recessed spaces defined at the top of the radiator, to obtain an increased heat release rate.   
   
   
       35 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a bottom plate arranged beneath a bottom of the radiator, to define a plurality of recessed spaces between the bottom plate and the corrugated plate arranged at the bottom of the radiator.   
   
   
       36 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 35 , further comprising:
 a thermal insulating material arranged in the recessed spaces defined at the bottom of the radiator.   
   
   
       37 . A cooling/heating panel comprising:
 a corrugated plate having a plurality of valleys;   a top plate laid on the top of the corrugated plate;   a periphery closing plate for closing the periphery of the corrugated plate and the periphery of the top plate;   a fluid communicator arranged between the corrugated plate and the top plate, to communicate the valleys; and   fluid supply and discharge pipes mounted to the periphery closing plate, to supply a fluid to the valleys of the corrugated plate such that the supplied fluid flows through the valleys in a diffused manner, and to discharge the fluid from the valleys.   
   
   
       38 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 37 , wherein the corrugated plate is formed by bending a single plate such that the plate has corrugations. 
   
   
       39 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 37 , wherein each valley of the corrugated plate has a flat bottom surface. 
   
   
       40 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 37 , wherein the fluid communicator comprises at least one shallow groove formed at a mountain arranged between the adjacent valleys. 
   
   
       41 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 40 , wherein a sum of cross-sectional areas of the shallow grooves formed at each mountain is smaller than a cross-sectional area of each valley. 
   
   
       42 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 37 , wherein the fluid communicator comprises at least one upwardly-recessed groove formed at a lower surface of the top plate along each of linear regions of the lower surface extending in parallel to the mountains arranged between the valleys while being in contact with the mountains, respectively. 
   
   
       43 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 42 , wherein a sum of fluid flow cross-sectional areas of the upwardly-recessed grooves formed at each linear region of the top plate is smaller than a cross-sectional area of each valley. 
   
   
       44 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 37 , wherein the fluid communicator comprises at least one fluid passage extending through each mountain between the valleys arranged at opposite sides of the mountain. 
   
   
       45 . The cooling/heating panel according to  claim 44 , wherein a sum of fluid flow cross-sectional areas of the fluid passages formed through each mountain is smaller than a cross-sectional area of each valley.