Invention Grant
US08689861B2 Hybrid air and liquid coolant conditioning unit for facilitating cooling of one or more electronics racks of a data center
有权
用于便于冷却数据中心的一个或多个电子机架的混合空气和液体冷却剂调节单元
- Patent Title: Hybrid air and liquid coolant conditioning unit for facilitating cooling of one or more electronics racks of a data center
- Patent Title (中): 用于便于冷却数据中心的一个或多个电子机架的混合空气和液体冷却剂调节单元
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Application No.: US13094247Application Date: 2011-04-26
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Publication No.: US08689861B2Publication Date: 2014-04-08
- 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 Dennis Jung, Esq.; Kevin P. Radigan, Esq.
- Main IPC: G05D23/00
- IPC: G05D23/00 ; F28D15/00 ; F25D23/12

Abstract:
A hybrid air and liquid coolant conditioning unit is provided for facilitating cooling of electronics rack(s) of a data center. The unit includes a first heat exchange assembly, including a liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger, a system coolant loop and a facility coolant loop, and a second heat exchange assembly, including an air-to-liquid heat exchanger, an air-moving device, and the facility coolant loop. The system coolant loop provides cooled system coolant to the electronics rack(s), and expels heat in the liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger from the electronics rack(s) to the facility coolant. The air-to-liquid heat exchanger extracts heat from the air of the data center and expels the heat to the facility coolant of the facility coolant loop. The facility coolant loop provides chilled facility coolant in parallel to the liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger and the air-to-liquid heat exchanger. In one implementation, the hybrid coolant conditioning unit includes a vapor-compression heat exchange assembly.
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