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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 (1)

Packaging design of the IBM System z10 Enterprise Class platform central electronic complex journal January 2009

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