Turbulator for liquid cooling system for computers

Abstract

A turbulator for use in cooling computer systems is disclosed. The turbulator is disposed in a heat exchanger tube and is configured to force the fluid in a path with length more than twice the largest dimension of said heat exchanger tube. By increasing the path and thus the surface area of the heat exchanger in contact with the fluid, and by causing the fluid to swirl in the heat exchanger tube, the turbulator achieves a higher heat dissipation efficiency for the computer cooling system.

1 . A liquid cooling system for cooling an electrical device, comprising:
 a fluid-containing heat exchanger tube thermally coupled to said electrical device;   a turbulator within said heat exchanger tube;   said turbulator configured to force the fluid in a path with length more than twice the largest dimension of said heat exchanger tube.   wherein said turbulator reduces a flow path cross sectional area to less than 50% of the cross sectional area of the original tube.