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Title: Information technology equipment cooling system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1133965

According to one embodiment, a system for removing heat from a rack of information technology equipment may include a sidecar indoor air to liquid heat exchanger that cools warm air generated by the rack of information technology equipment. The system may also include a liquid to liquid heat exchanger and an outdoor heat exchanger. The system may further include configurable pathways to connect and control fluid flow through the sidecar heat exchanger, the liquid to liquid heat exchanger, the rack of information technology equipment, and the outdoor heat exchanger based upon ambient temperature and/or ambient humidity to remove heat from the rack of information technology equipment.

Research Organization:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
EE0002894
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Patent Number(s):
8,746,000
Application Number:
13/587,912
OSTI ID:
1133965
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (10)

Apparatus and method for facilitating cooling of an electronics rack employing a closed loop heat exchange system patent-application November 2006
Cooling system for electrical devices patent-application October 2007
Cooling Appartuses with Discrete Cold Plates Compliantly Coupled Between a Common Manifold and Electronics Components of an Assembly to Be Cooled patent-application October 2008
Fluid cooled cabinet for electronic equipment patent-application March 2009
Docking Station with Hybrid Air and Liquid Cooling of an Electronic Rack patent-application April 2009
Docking Station With Closed Loop Airlfow Path For Facilitating Cooling Of An Electronics Rack patent-application April 2009
Method and Apparatus for an Environmentally-Protected Electronic Equipment Enclosure patent-application May 2010
Sidecar In-Row Cooling Apparatus And Method For Equipment Within An Enclosure patent-application May 2010
Modular Scalable Coolant Distribution Unit patent-application September 2010
Packaging design of the IBM System z10 Enterprise Class platform central electronic complex journal January 2009

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