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- Patent Title: Cooling system and method utilizing thermal capacitor unit(s) for enhanced thermal energy transfer efficiency
- Patent Title (中): 使用热电容器单元的冷却系统和方法提高热能传递效率
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Application No.: US11762822Application Date: 2007-06-14
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Publication No.: US07788941B2Publication Date: 2010-09-07
- Inventor: Levi A. Campbell , Richard C. Chu , Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. , Madhusudan K. Iyengar , Robert E. Simons
- Applicant: Levi A. Campbell , Richard C. Chu , Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. , Madhusudan K. Iyengar , Robert E. Simons
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
- Agent Geraldine Monteleone, Esq.; Kevin P. Radigan, Esq.
- Main IPC: F25D23/12
- IPC: F25D23/12

Abstract:
A cooling system and method are provided which include a facility cooling unit, a cooling tower, and one or more thermal capacitor units. The facility cooling unit, which includes a heat dissipation coolant loop, facilitates thermal energy extraction from a facility, such as a data center, for expelling of the energy to coolant within the heat dissipation coolant loop. The cooling tower is in fluid communication with the coolant loop, and includes a liquid-to-air heat exchanger for expelling thermal energy from coolant of the heat dissipation coolant loop to the surrounding environment. The thermal capacitor unit is in fluid communication with the heat dissipation coolant loop to facilitate efficient thermal energy transfer from coolant with in the coolant loop to the surrounding environment with variation in ambient temperature about the cooling tower.
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