Space-efficient pressure relief mechanism for immersion cooling of computing elements
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsShurong Tian, Todd E. Takken
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Abstract
A cooling apparatus includes a chamber and a pressure-relief element. The chamber includes a coolant in a liquid phase disposed near a heat-generation object. The coolant in the liquid phase dissipates heat from the heat-generation object and is converted from the liquid phase to a vapor phase upon the coolant in the liquid phase reaching a boiling temperature. The pressure-relief element has a conduit. A first end of the conduit is submerged in the coolant in the liquid phase internal to the chamber and a second end of the conduit is connected to atmosphere external to the chamber.
Claims18
A cooling apparatus comprising:
- a chamber including a coolant in a liquid phase disposed near one or more heat-generation objects, the coolant in the liquid phase dissipating heat from the one or more heat-generation objects to be converted from the liquid phase to a vapor phase upon the coolant in the liquid phase reaching a boiling temperature;
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- a pressure-relief element having a conduit, a first end of which is submerged in the coolant in the liquid phase internal to the chamber and a second end of which is connected to atmosphere external to the chamber;
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- a barrier at the second end of the pressure-relief element, the barrier separating an inside of the conduit from the atmosphere.
A cooled electronic system comprising:
- at least one electronics circuit board comprising one or more electronic components;
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- a cooling apparatus configured to cool the one or more electronic components,
- the cooling apparatus comprising:
- a chamber including coolant in a liquid phase disposed near the one or more electronic components, the coolant in the liquid phase dissipating heat from the one or more electronic components to be converted from the liquid phase to a vapor phase upon the coolant in the liquid phase reaching a boiling temperature;
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- a pressure-relief element comprising a conduit, a first end of which is submerged in the coolant in the liquid phase internal to the chamber and a second end of which is connected to atmosphere external to the chamber;
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- a barrier at the second end of the pressure-relief element, the barrier separating an inside of the conduit from the atmosphere.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.