Energy efficient data center liquid cooling with geothermal enhancement
Patent
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OSTI ID:1407705
A data center cooling system is operated in a first mode, and has an indoor portion wherein heat is absorbed from components in the data center by a heat transfer fluid, and an outdoor heat exchanger portion and a geothermal heat exchanger portion. The first mode includes ambient air cooling of the heat transfer fluid in the outdoor heat exchanger portion and/or geothermal cooling of the heat transfer fluid in the geothermal heat exchanger portion. Based on an appropriate metric, a determination is made that a switch should be made from the first mode to a second mode; and, in response, the data center cooling system is switched to the second mode. The second mode is different than the first mode.
- Research Organization:
- International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0002894
- Assignee:
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,811,126
- Application Number:
- 13/252,888
- OSTI ID:
- 1407705
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2011 Oct 04
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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