Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for facilitating servicing of a liquid-cooled electronics rack
- Patent Title (中): 便于维修液冷电子机架的装置和方法
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Application No.: US11942221Application Date: 2007-11-19
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Publication No.: US08387249B2Publication Date: 2013-03-05
- Inventor: Levi A. Campbell , Richard C. Chu , Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. , Madhusudan K. Iyengar , Robert E. Simons , Prabjit Singh
- Applicant: Levi A. Campbell , Richard C. Chu , Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. , Madhusudan K. Iyengar , Robert E. Simons , Prabjit Singh
- 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 Dennis Jung, Esq.; Kevin P. Radigan, Esq.
- Main IPC: B21D53/02
- IPC: B21D53/02 ; B23P6/00 ; F28D15/00 ; H01S4/00

Abstract:
Apparatus and method for facilitating servicing of a liquid-cooled electronics rack are provided. The apparatus includes a coolant tank, a coolant pump in fluid communication with the coolant tank, multiple parallel-connected coolant supply lines coupling the coolant pump to a coolant supply port of the apparatus, and a coolant return port and a coolant return line coupled between the coolant return port and the coolant tank. Each coolant supply line includes a coolant control valve for selectively controlling flow of coolant therethrough pumped by the coolant pump from the coolant tank. At least one coolant supply line includes at least one filter, and one coolant supply line is a bypass line with no filter. When operational, the apparatus facilitates filling of coolant into a cooling system of a liquid-cooled electronics rack by allowing for selective filtering of coolant inserted into the cooling system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090126910A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING SERVICING OF A LIQUID-COOLED ELECTRONICS RACK Public/Granted day:2009-05-21
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