Information technology equipment cooling method

Schultz, Mark D.

Title: Information technology equipment cooling method

Patent · Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015

OSTI ID:1223683

Schultz, Mark D.

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 air utilized by the rack of information technology equipment to cool 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 generated by the rack of information technology equipment.

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Research Organization:: International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: EE0002894

Assignee:: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

Patent Number(s):: 9,167,728

Application Number:: 13/551,858

OSTI ID:: 1223683

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2012 Jul 18

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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