Air flow-based cooling device

Abstract

An air flow-based cooling device includes: a vertically stacked cell string formed by vertically stacking a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells having a heat-generating object installed therein; an air intake pipe installed to vertically penetrate one end of the vertically stacked cell string; an air discharge pipe installed to discharge the horizontal air through a discharge opening in each of the plurality of cells and vertically penetrate the other end of the vertically stacked cell string to generate a second vertical air flow using the horizontal air through a discharge splitter installed in an air outlet; an air intake duct connected to one end of the air intake pipe and providing the first vertical air to the intake splitter; and an air discharge duct connected to one end of the air discharge pipe.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An air flow-based cooling device comprising:
 a vertically stacked cell string formed by vertically stacking a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells having a heat-generating object installed therein;   an air intake pipe installed to vertically penetrate one end of the vertically stacked cell string and generate a first vertical air flow through an intake splitter installed at an air inlet and distribute the first vertical air as a horizontal flow through an intake opening in each of the plurality of cells, thereby generating a horizontal air flow;   an air discharge pipe installed to discharge the horizontal air through a discharge opening in each of the plurality of cells and vertically penetrate the other end of the vertically stacked cell string to generate a second vertical air flow using the horizontal air through a discharge splitter installed in an air outlet;   an air intake duct connected to one end of the air intake pipe and providing the first vertical air to the intake splitter; and   an air discharge duct connected to one end of the air discharge pipe and receiving the second vertical air from the discharge splitter.   
     
     
         2 . The air flow-based cooling device of  claim 1 , wherein by placing the intake opening at a contact point of the air intake pipe in each of the plurality of cells and the discharge opening at a contact point of the air discharge pipe, the vertically stacked cell string is designed to generate circulation of the first and second vertical airs, with the intake opening and the discharge opening to face each other. 
     
     
         3 . The air flow-based cooling device of  claim 2 , wherein the vertically stacked cell string has the air intake pipe and the air discharge pipe arranged at central opposing points of the plurality of cells to allow the horizontal air flow to pass through the heat-generating object. 
     
     
         4 . The air flow-based cooling device of  claim 1 , wherein the air discharge pipe is designed with a uniform divided bottom area for the discharge splitter to consistently maintain the second vertical air flow inside the air discharge pipe. 
     
     
         5 . The air flow-based cooling device of  claim 4 , wherein the air intake pipe decreases in area in a stepwise manner at cell connection points from a topmost cell to a bottommost cell among the plurality of cells, thereby generating the first vertical air flow. 
     
     
         6 . The air flow-based cooling device of  claim 1 , wherein the air discharge pipe is designed with a uniform divided bottom area of the discharge splitter to consistently maintain the second vertical air flow inside the air discharge pipe. 
     
     
         7 . The air flow-based cooling device of  claim 6 , wherein the air discharge pipe has a larger horizontal air discharge area at the topmost cell than at the bottommost cell among the plurality of cells. 
     
     
         8 . The air flow-based cooling device of  claim 1 , wherein the air intake duct and the air discharge duct regulate a circulation speed of the first and second vertical airs by controlling a first pressure to push the first vertical air and a second pressure to draw in the second vertical air.