Anti-sloshing device for immersion cooling apparatus
AssigneeLiquidstack Holding B.V.
InventorKar-Wing Lau
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Abstract
An immersion cooling system for cooling an object in an immersion cooling tank including an anti-sloshing device adapted to be attached to or attachable to (e.g., an inner surface of) the immersion cooling tank, the device including a connecting device(s), a first plate fixedly attached to or rotatably attached to the connecting device, and a second plate rotatably attached to the connecting device.
Claims19
An immersion cooling system comprising:
- an immersion cooling tank having an interior volume to contain a heat transfer fluid;
- an anti-sloshing device attached to the immersion cooling tank, the anti-sloshing device comprising:
- a hinge attached to a sidewall of the immersion cooling tank;
- a first plate having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end of the first plate being fixedly or rotatably attached to the hinge, and the second end of the first plate extending into and partially across the interior volume of the immersion cooling tank;
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- a second plate having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end of the second plate being rotatably attached to the hinge, and the second end of the second plate extending into and partially across the interior volume of the immersion cooling tank,
- wherein a plurality of openings are formed through at least one of the first plate and the second plate.
An immersion cooling tank having an inner surface and adapted to contain a heat transfer fluid for cooling an IT component, the immersion cooling tank comprising:
- an anti-sloshing device attached to a portion of the immersion cooling tank, the device comprising:
- a connecting device attached to a sidewall of the immersion cooling tank;
- a first plate having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end of the first plate being fixedly or rotatably attached to the hinge, and the second end of the first plate extending into and partially across the interior volume of the immersion cooling tank, the first plate being oriented parallel or substantially parallel to a surface level of the heat transfer fluid;
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- a second plate having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end of the second plate being rotatably attached to the hinge, and the second end of the second plate extending into and partially across the interior volume of the immersion cooling tank,
- wherein the first plate is mounted above the surface level of the heat transfer fluid.
A method of minimizing sloshing of a heat transfer fluid in an immersion cooling tank, the method comprising:
- attaching an anti-sloshing device to a portion of an inner surface of the immersion cooling tank, the device comprising:
- a hinge attached to a sidewall of the immersion cooling tank;
- a first plate having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end of the first plate being fixedly or rotatably attached to the hinge, and the second end of the first plate extending into and partially across the interior volume of the immersion cooling tank;
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- a second plate having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end of the second plate being rotatably attached to the hinge, and the second end of the second plate extending into and partially across the interior volume of the immersion cooling tank, the second plate being adapted to conjoin with the first plate when a force applied to the second plate exceeds a certain threshold;
- and filling the immersion cooling tank with heat transfer fluid to a predetermined level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.