Cooling apparatus providing immersion cooling
AssigneeAlibaba Group Holding Limited
InventorYangfan Zhong
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Abstract
A cooling apparatus for cooling a to-be-cooled device is described. The cooling apparatus includes a cabinet body configured to contain a cooling medium for at least partially immersing the to-be-cooled device, a volumeter for detecting a volume of the cooling medium in the cabinet body, and a storage tank storing the cooling medium. The storage tank and the cabinet body are communicatively connected to each other. Further, when the volumeter detects that the volume of the cooling medium in the cabinet body is lower than a preset volume, the storage tank and the cabinet body come into mutual communication so that the cooling medium in the storage tank is transferred into the cabinet body.
Claims27
A cooling apparatus for cooling a to-be-cooled device, wherein the cooling apparatus comprises:
- a cabinet body configured to contain a cooling medium for at least partially immersing the to-be-cooled device;
- a first volumeter for detecting a volume of the cooling medium in the cabinet body;
- a replenishing device coupled to the cabinet body and comprising a storage tank storing the cooling medium,
- a cover disposed at top of the cabinet body;
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- a filtering device, wherein the filtering device configured to drive the cooling medium in the cabinet body through the filtering device for filtering of the cooling medium, and wherein an operation of the filtering device is controlled based on a state of the cover,
- wherein when the first volumeter detects that the volume of the cooling medium in the cabinet body is lower than a first preset volume, then the cooling medium in the storage tank is transferred from the storage tank into the cabinet body,
- wherein when the first volumeter detects that the volume of the cooling medium in the cabinet body exceeds a second preset volume, then a connection between the storage tank and the cabinet body is opened, wherein the second preset volume is higher than the first present volume, and
- wherein when the first volumeter detects that the volume of the cooling medium in the cabinet body is restored to the second preset volume, then the connection between the storage tank and the cabinet body is closed.
A cooling apparatus for cooling a to-be-cooled device, wherein the cooling apparatus comprises:
- a cabinet body configured to contain a cooling medium for at least partially immersing the to-be-cooled device, wherein the cabinet body has a first diversion opening for receiving the cooling medium and a second diversion opening for discharging the cooling medium;
- a cover disposed at top of the cabinet body;
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- a filtering device, wherein the filtering device has a third diversion opening in communication with the first diversion opening and a fourth diversion opening in communication with the second diversion opening, wherein the filtering device is configured to drive the cooling medium in the cabinet body through the filtering device for filtering of the cooling medium, and wherein an operation of the filtering device is controlled based on a state of the cover.
A cooling apparatus for cooling a to-be-cooled device, wherein the cooling apparatus comprises:
- a cabinet body configured to contain a cooling medium for at least partially immersing the to-be-cooled device, wherein the cabinet body is provided with a first diversion opening for receiving the cooling medium and a second diversion opening for discharging the cooling medium;
- a first volumeter for detecting a volume of the cooling medium in the cabinet body;
- a replenishing device coupled to the cabinet body and comprising a storage tank storing the cooling medium;
- a cover disposed at top of the cabinet body;
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- a filtering device, wherein the filtering device has a third diversion opening in communication with the first diversion opening and a fourth diversion opening in communication with the second diversion opening, wherein the filtering device is configured to drive the cooling medium in the cabinet body through the filtering device for filtering of the cooling medium, and wherein an operation of the filtering device is controlled based on a state of the cover, and
- wherein when the first volumeter detects that the volume of the cooling medium in the cabinet body exceeds a first preset volume, then the filtering device drives the cooling medium in the cabinet body into the storage tank.
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