Directly connected heat exchanger tube section and coolant-cooled structure
Abstract
A cooling apparatus for an electronics rack is provided which includes an air-to-liquid heat exchanger, one or more coolant-cooled structures and a tube. The heat exchanger, which is associated with the electronics rack and disposed to cool air passing through the rack, includes a plurality of distinct, coolant-carrying tube sections, each tube section having a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet, one of which is coupled in fluid communication with a coolant loop to facilitate flow of coolant through the tube section. The coolant-cooled structure(s) is in thermal contact with an electronic component(s) of the rack, and facilitates transfer of heat from the component(s) to the coolant. The tube connects in fluid communication one coolant-cooled structure and the other of the coolant inlet or outlet of the one tube section, and facilitates flow of coolant directly between that coolant-carrying tube section of the heat exchanger and the coolant-cooled structure.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1128695
- Patent Number(s):
- 8687364
- Application Number:
- 13/283,933
- Assignee:
- International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B23 - MACHINE TOOLS B23P - OTHER WORKING OF METAL
H - ELECTRICITY H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR H05K - PRINTED CIRCUITS
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0002894
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2011 Oct 28
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Chainer, Timothy J, Coico, Patrick A, Graybill, David P, Iyengar, Madhusudan K, Kamath, Vinod, Kochuparambil, Bejoy J, Schmidt, Roger R, and Steinke, Mark E. Directly connected heat exchanger tube section and coolant-cooled structure. United States: N. p., 2014.
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Chainer, Timothy J, Coico, Patrick A, Graybill, David P, Iyengar, Madhusudan K, Kamath, Vinod, Kochuparambil, Bejoy J, Schmidt, Roger R, & Steinke, Mark E. Directly connected heat exchanger tube section and coolant-cooled structure. United States.
Chainer, Timothy J, Coico, Patrick A, Graybill, David P, Iyengar, Madhusudan K, Kamath, Vinod, Kochuparambil, Bejoy J, Schmidt, Roger R, and Steinke, Mark E. Tue .
"Directly connected heat exchanger tube section and coolant-cooled structure". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1128695.
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