Abstract:
A method and incorporated hybrid air and liquid cooled module for cooling electronic components of a computing system is disclosed. The module is used for cooling electronic components and comprise a closed loop liquid cooled assembly in thermal communication with an air cooled assembly, such that the air cooled assembly is at least partially included in the liquid cooled assembly.
Abstract:
A composite interface and methods of fabrication are provided for coupling a cooling assembly to an electronic device. The interface includes a plurality of thermally conductive wires formed of a first material having a first thermal conductivity, and a thermal interface material at least partially surrounding the wires. The interface material, which thermally interfaces the cooling assembly to a surface to be cooled of the electronic device, is a second material having a second thermal conductivity, wherein the first thermal conductivity is greater than the second thermal conductivity. At least some wires reside partially over a first region of higher heat flux and extend partially over a second region of lower heat flux, wherein the first and second regions are different regions of the surface to be cooled. These wires function as thermal spreaders facilitating heat transfer from the surface to be cooled to the cooling assembly.
Abstract:
Methods of preventing overheating of computer equipment in a cabinet when a supply coolant to a cooler in the cabinet fails. An example embodiment is a data center that includes a plurality of cabinets and at least two coolant supply lines. The cabinets are configured to house computer equipment and the coolant supply lines provide coolant for the cabinets. Moreover, the cabinets are arranged in at least one row of adjacent cabinets such that each row of adjacent cabinets receives coolant from alternating coolant supply lines.
Abstract:
A cooling approach is provided for one or more subsystems of an electronics rack. The cooling approach employs a coolant distribution unit and a thermal dissipation unit. The coolant distribution unit has a first heat exchanger, a first cooling loop and a second cooling loop. The first cooling loop passes facility coolant through the first heat exchanger, and the second cooling loop provides system coolant to an electronics subsystem, and expels heat in the first heat exchanger from the subsystem to the facility coolant. The thermal dissipation unit is associated with the electronics subsystem and includes a second heat exchanger, the second cooling loop, and a third cooling loop. The second cooling loop provides system coolant to the second heat exchanger, and the third cooling loop circulates conditioned coolant within the electronics subsystem and expels heat in the second heat exchanger from the electronics subsystem to the system coolant.
Abstract:
A cooling apparatus for an electronics rack includes an air-to-liquid heat exchanger 530, one or more coolant-cooled structures 520 and a tube; the heat exchanger 530, is 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) 520 are 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 520 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 530 and the coolant-cooled structure 520. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating the above cooling apparatus and a cooled electronic system comprising the above cooling apparatus and an electronics rack. The cooling apparatus may also comprise an airflow director 512 configured to redirect airflow exhausting from the electronics rack at the outlet side through an airflow return pathway 531 to the inlet side of the rack, where the heat exchanger 530 may be provided in the airflow return pathway 531.
Abstract:
Methods of preventing overheating of computer equipment in a cabinet when a supply coolant to a cooler in the cabinet fails. An example embodiment is a data center that includes a plurality of cabinets and at least two coolant supply lines. The cabinets are configured to house computer equipment and the coolant supply lines provide coolant for the cabinets. Moreover, the cabinets are arranged in at least one row of adjacent cabinets such that each row of adjacent cabinets receives coolant from alternating coolant supply lines.
Abstract:
Methods of preventing overheating of computer equipment in a cabinet when a supply coolant to a cooler in the cabinet fails. An example embodiment is a data center that includes a plurality of cabinets and at least two coolant supply lines. The cabinets are configured to house computer equipment and the coolant supply lines provide coolant for the cabinets. Moreover, the cabinets are arranged in at least one row of adjacent cabinets such that each row of adjacent cabinets receives coolant from alternating coolant supply lines.
Abstract:
Methods of preventing overheating of computer equipment in a cabinet when a supply coolant to a cooler in the cabinet fails. An example embodiment is a data center that includes a plurality of cabinets configured to house computer equipment. At least two coolant supply lines from which the cabinets receive coolant are made available, with each of the supply lines providing the coolant to multiple cabinets. Moreover, the cabinets are arranged in rows and columns such that the cabinets along a row are spaced closer together than the cabinets along a column. Furthermore, each row of the cabinets receives coolant from alternating coolant supply lines.
Abstract:
Verfahren zum Verhindern des Überhitzens von Computereinheiten in einem Schrank, wenn ein Versorgungskühlmittel für einen Kühler in dem Schrank ausfällt. Bei einem Ausführungsbeispiel handelt es sich um ein Rechenzentrum, das eine Mehrzahl von Schränken und mindestens zwei Kühlmittelzuleitungen aufweist. Die Schränke sind so eingerichtet, dass sie Computereinheiten aufnehmen, und die Kühlmittelzuleitungen versorgen die Schränke mit Kühlmittel. Die Schränke sind ferner derart in mindestens einer Reihe benachbarter Schränke angeordnet, dass jede Reihe benachbarter Schränke von sich abwechselnden Kühlmittelzuleitungen mit Kühlmittel versorgt wird.