System And Method For Cooling A Device Subjected To Heat In A Vehicle, Particularly An Aircraft

Abstract

A cooling system ( 10 ) for cooling a heat-loaded device ( 14 ) in a vehicle, particularly an aircraft, comprises a cooling circuit ( 12 ), through which flows a heat transfer fluid and which is thermally coupled to the heat-loaded device ( 14 ) in order to remove heat from the heat-loaded device ( 14 ). A heat exchanger ( 18 ) of the cooling system ( 10 ) comprises a section ( 20 ) which is thermally coupled to the outside environment via an outer skin ( 22 ) of the vehicle.

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         11 . Cooling system for cooling a heat-loaded device in a vehicle, particularly an aircraft, having:
 a cooling circuit, through which flows a heat transfer fluid and which is thermally coupled to the heat-loaded device in order to remove heat from the heat-loaded device, and   a heat exchanger comprising a section which is thermally coupled to the outside environment via an outer skin of the vehicle, the heat exchanger comprising a conduit which is thermally coupled to the cooling circuit,
 characterised in that the conduit of the heat exchanger is in the form of a capillary tube and is integrated in a mat, the contour of which is adapted to a contour of a section of the vehicle outer skin via which the heat exchanger section is thermally coupled to the outside environment. 
   
     
     
         12 . Cooling system according to  claim 11 ,
 characterised in that the section of the heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the outside environment via an aircraft outer skin.   
     
     
         13 . Cooling system according to  claim 12 ,
 characterised in that the section of the heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the outside environment via a section of the aircraft outer skin arranged in the region of an aircraft fuselage lower shell.   
     
     
         14 . Cooling system according to  claim 11 ,
 characterised in that the heat exchanger is integrated in the outer skin of the vehicle in such a way that the section of the heat exchanger thermally coupled to the out-side environment is formed by a section of the vehicle outer skin.   
     
     
         15 . Cooling system according to  claim 11 ,
 characterised in that the mat with the integrated conduit is detachably fastened to the section of the vehicle outer skin via which the heat exchanger section is thermally coupled to the outside environment.   
     
     
         16 . Cooling system according to  claim 11 ,
 characterised in that a liquid heat transfer fluid or air flows through the cooling circuit.   
     
     
         17 . Method for cooling a heat-loaded device in a vehicle, particularly an aircraft, having the steps of:
 conveying a heat transfer fluid through a cooling circuit which is thermally coupled to the heat-loaded device in order to remove heat from the heat-loaded device, and   thermally coupling the heat transfer fluid, flowing through the cooling circuit, to a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger releasing the heat supplied to it by the heat transfer fluid to the outside environment via a section thermally coupled to an outer skin of the vehicle and the heat exchanger being thermally coupled to the cooling circuit by means of a conduit,
 characterised in that the conduit of the heat exchanger is in the form of a capillary tube and is integrated in a mat, the contour of which is adapted to a contour of a section of the vehicle outer skin via which the heat exchanger section is thermally coupled to the outside environment.