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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2005
George Parampil, Bangalore, IN;
Arunvel Thangamani, Tirunelveli, IN;
George Parampil, Bangalore, IN;
Arunvel Thangamani, Tirunelveli, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, an anode cooling system for a rotating-anode type X-ray tube includes a heat pipe arrangement comprising an evaporator part coupled to an anode, a condenser part coupled to a bearing of the anode, and a plurality of heat pipes arranged in mutually opposing configuration, in-between the evaporator part and the condenser part, wherein the resultant dynamic force on the heat pipes is substantially zero. In some embodiments, an anode cooling system for an X-ray tube, comprises a first heat pipe configured for operating at a predetermined high first temperature range near an anode, a second heat pipe configured for operating at a predetermined low second temperature range coupled to the first heat pipe, and a heat sink coupled to the second heat pipe, and a liquid metal filled in-between the heat pipes and the anode to transfer heat from the anode to the heat pipe by convection.