TEMPERATURE REGULATED COMPONENTS HAVING COOLING CHANNELS AND METHOD
A tool having a temperature management arrangement includes a single piece unitary body, a channel within the body having a geometric discontinuity that forms a vortex chamber. A tool including a temperature management arrangement having a geometric discontinuity configured as a vortex chamber formed simultaneously with formation of a body. A method for producing a thermal management arrangement comprises additively growing the arrangement while selectively forming a channel in the arrangement, the channel comprising a geometric discontinuity formed as a vortex chamber.
1 . A tool having a temperature management arrangement comprising:
a single piece unitary body;
a channel within the body having a geometric discontinuity that forms a vortex chamber.
2 . The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a fluid disposed within the channel.
3 . The arrangement as claimed in claim 2 wherein the fluid is at a first temperature at an inlet to the channel of the body and at a second different temperature at an outlet of the channel of the body.
4 . The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein the channel further includes a valve formed in the channel.
5 . The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein the vortex chamber has a centrally located exit.
6 . The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein the vortex chamber includes an inlet that supplies fluid to the vortex chamber at an angle.
7 . The arrangement as claimed in claim 6 wherein the angle is about tangent to the vortex chamber.
8 . The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein the vortex chamber includes an inlet, the inlet includes a nozzle.
9 . The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein the discontinuity includes an additional structure centrally of the vortex chamber.
10 . The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein the tool body is a rotor of a mud motor.
11 . The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein the tool body is a stator of a mud motor.
12 . The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein the tool body is a bearing.
13 . The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein the tool body is an electronics frame.
14 . The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein the channel includes a loop conduit.
15 . A tool including a temperature management arrangement having a channel having a geometric discontinuity configured as a vortex chamber formed simultaneously with formation of a body.
16 . The arrangement as claimed in claim 15 wherein the channel ranges in diameter from 0.125 to 1 inch.
17 . The arrangement as claimed in claim 15 wherein the channel is helical.
18 . The arrangement as claimed in claim 15 wherein the channel is oval or kidney shaped in cross section.
19 . The arrangement as claimed in claim 15 wherein the channel includes a lattice work therein.
20 . A method for producing a thermal management arrangement comprising:
additively growing the arrangement while selectively forming a channel in the arrangement, the channel comprising a geometric discontinuity formed as a vortex chamber.