Heat transport device and projector

Inventors: Norio Imaoka (Takamori-Machi, JP); Katsuya Shimizu (Matsumoto, JP)

Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

G03B21/16 F28D15/043 F28D15/046 F28D15/06 H04N9/3144

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Patent No.: US 10,146,113
App. No.: 15/837,002
Granted: Dec 4, 2018
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A heat transport device having a hydraulic fluid includes: an evaporating unit configured to receive heat from outside and gasify the hydraulic fluid into a gas; a condensing unit configured to liquefy the gas into the hydraulic fluid; and first and second fluid pipes respectively connected to the evaporating unit. The first and second fluid pipes forming an annular flow path with the evaporating unit and the condensing unit. The evaporating unit includes a first porous body which is permeated with the hydraulic fluid by capillary force, and a heat receiving unit configured to receive heat from outside. The heat receiving unit has an accommodation area where the first porous body moves in a first direction. The first fluid pipe is connected to one end side in the first direction of the accommodation area. The second fluid pipe is connected to the other end side of the accommodation area.

Claims (76)

1. A heat transport device having a hydraulic fluid, the device comprising:

an evaporating unit configured to receive heat from outside and gasify the hydraulic fluid into a gas;

a condensing unit configured to liquefy the gas gasified in the evaporating unit into the hydraulic fluid; and

a first fluid pipe and a second fluid pipe respectively connected to the evaporating unit and the condensing unit, the first and second fluid pipes forming an annular flow path with the evaporating unit and the condensing unit,

wherein the evaporating unit includes

a first porous body which is permeated with the hydraulic fluid by capillary force, and

a heat receiving unit configured to receive heat from outside, the heat receiving unit having an accommodation area where the first porous body moves in a first direction,

the first fluid pipe is connected to one end side in the first direction of the accommodation area, and

the second fluid pipe is connected to the other end side in the first direction of the accommodation area.

2. The heat transport device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the heat receiving unit has a wall part which forms the accommodation area, and

wherein the wall part has an inner surface which is in contact with the first porous body and along the first direction.

3. The heat transport device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first porous body has an opposite part which forms a side facing the inner surface of the wall part, and

wherein a groove extending along the first direction is formed on at least one of the inner surface and the opposite part.

4. The heat transport device according to claim 1 , wherein a second porous body which is permeated with the hydraulic fluid by capillary force is provided on an inner surface of the first fluid pipe and the second fluid pipe.

5. The heat transport device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the evaporating unit has a plurality of tank parts configured to store the hydraulic fluid,

wherein the plurality of tank parts includes a first tank part arranged between the accommodation area and the first fluid pipe and a second tank part arranged between the accommodation area and the second fluid pipe,

wherein the second tank part stores the hydraulic fluid when the heat transport device is in a first position where the one end side is vertically above the other end side, and

wherein the first tank part stores the hydraulic fluid when the heat transport device is in a second position where the other end side is vertically above the one end side.

6. The heat transport device according to claim 1 , wherein the first porous body moves along the first direction according to a position of the heat transport device.

7. The heat transport device according to claim 1 , wherein the first fluid pipe and the second fluid pipe are connected to the evaporating unit, shifted from each other in a vertical direction.

8. The heat transport device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first fluid pipe is configured to circulate one of the gas and the hydraulic fluid,

wherein the second fluid pipe is configured to circulate the other of the gas and the hydraulic fluid, and

wherein the first fluid pipe and the second fluid pipe are connected to the evaporating unit in such a way that one fluid pipe through which the gas circulates, of the first fluid pipe and the second fluid pipe, is arranged vertically above the other fluid pipe through which the hydraulic fluid circulates.

9. The heat transport device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first fluid pipe is configured to circulate one of the gas and the hydraulic fluid,

wherein the second fluid pipe is configured to circulate the other of the gas and the hydraulic fluid, and

wherein the hydraulic fluid and the gas are switched between the first fluid pipe and the second fluid pipe according to a position of the heat transport device.

10. A projector comprising:

a light source device;