Energy efficient data center liquid cooling with geothermal enhancement

Chainer, Timothy J.; Parida, Pritish R.

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Title: Energy efficient data center liquid cooling with geothermal enhancement

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A data center cooling system is operated in a first mode, has an indoor portion wherein heat is absorbed from components in the data center by a heat transfer fluid, and has 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, different, mode; and, responsive thereto, the data center cooling system is switched to the second mode. The second mode includes at least another of ambient air cooling of the heat transfer fluid in the outdoor heat exchanger portion and geothermal cooling of the heat transfer fluid in the geothermal heat exchanger portion.

Inventors:: Chainer, Timothy J.; Parida, Pritish R.

Issue Date:: 2020-07-14

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

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1735033

Patent Number(s):: 10716239

Application Number:: 15/803,755

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

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

H - ELECTRICITY H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR H05K - PRINTED CIRCUITS

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G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
G06F1/20 - Cooling means
G06F2200/201 - Cooling arrangements using cooling fluid

H - ELECTRICITY H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR H05K - PRINTED CIRCUITS
H05K7/20654 - {within rooms for removing heat from cabinets}
H05K7/2079 - {within rooms for removing heat from cabinets}

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DOE Contract Number:: EE0002894

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 11/04/2017

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING; 15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION

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