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US 10,813,254 B2Granted
Thermal management and power system for computing infrastructure
OwnerChristopher Marazzoinventor
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Abstract
A data center is cooled by a cryogenic cooling system which is wind driven, and powered by energy stored in the cryogenic liquid. The cooling occurs through downwardly passing cryogenic liquid which is recycled and pushed back to a top of a system in a cyclic manner.
Claims20
A data center, comprising:
- a plurality of computer servers;
- a cooling subsystem including a cooling fluid for removing heat from said plurality of computer servers, and collecting said cooling fluid following heating thereof by said plurality of computer servers;
- a nitrogen liquefying subsystem liquefying gaseous nitrogen to form liquid nitrogen;
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- a fluid return subsystem combining said liquid nitrogen and said heated cooling fluid and using said liquid nitrogen to cool said heated cooling fluid and to provide pressure for returning said heated cooling fluid, following cooling thereof, to said cooling subsystem. of said plurality of computer servers.
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A heat and power management system for use in a data center including a plurality of computer servers, the heat and power management system comprising:
- a cooling subsystem including a cooling fluid adapted to remove heat from the plurality of computer servers, and to be collected, following heating thereof by the plurality of computer servers;
- a nitrogen liquefying subsystem liquefying gaseous nitrogen to form liquid nitrogen;
- and a fluid return subsystem combining said liquid nitrogen and said heated cooling fluid and using said liquid nitrogen to cool said heated cooling fluid and to provide pressure for returning said heated cooling fluid, following cooling thereof, to said cooling subsystem, wherein said fluid return subsystem includes a fluid turbine driven by said heated cooling fluid and adapted to provide power to at least part of said plurality of computer servers.
A method for cooling a plurality of computer servers in a data center, the method comprising:
- providing gaseous nitrogen into a cooling fluid disposed in a cooling fluid reservoir;
- liquefying gaseous nitrogen from said cooling fluid reservoir to form liquid nitrogen;
- allowing said cooling fluid to flow from said cooling fluid reservoir to a vicinity of the plurality of computer servers, to collect heat therefrom;
- allowing the heated cooling fluid to flow from the vicinity of the plurality of computer servers to a heated fluid expansion chamber;
- pushing said heated cooling fluid, under pressure, from said heated fluid expansion chamber, via a fluid turbine and a return pipe, back to said cooling fluid reservoir;
- combining said liquid nitrogen and said heated cooling fluid, and using said liquid nitrogen, to cool said heated cooling fluid while said heated cooling fluid is flowing in said return pipe.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.