Adjustable fluid coupling in datacenter cooling systems
AssigneeNVIDIA Corporation
InventorAli Heydari
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Abstract
Systems and methods for cooling a datacenter are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a flow controller adapter of a cooling manifold is to interchangeably receive a flow controller of a plurality of flow controllers, wherein a flow controller adapter is associated with a rack-side flow controller and with a tube there between and is configured to be movable within cooling manifold to allow different positions for mating a flow controller with a server-side flow controller of server tray or box.
Claims20
A datacenter cooling system, comprising:
- a flow controller adapter of a cooling manifold to interchangeably receive a first flow controller of a plurality of flow controllers, wherein a tube fluidly couples the flow controller adapter with a rack-side flow controller, and wherein the flow controller adapter is configured to be movable within the cooling manifold to allow different positions for mating the first flow controller with a server-side flow controller of server tray or box, the first flow controller being associated with an orifice size and a coupling feature of the server-side flow controller.
A processor comprising one or more circuits and to be associated with a flow controller adapter that is configured to interchangeably receive a flow controller of a plurality of flow controllers, a tube fluidly coupling the flow controller adapter with a rack-side flow controller, the flow controller adapter being configured to be movable within cooling manifold to allow different positions for mating the flow controller with a server-side flow controller of server tray or box, the flow controller associated with an orifice size and a coupling feature of the server-side flow controller, the one or more circuits to determine an intended flow measure associated with a cooling requirement for a cold plate, and the processor to cause the intended flow measure through the flow controller adapter.
A method for datacenter cooling system, comprising:
- providing a flow controller adapter that is movable in a cooling manifold and that is adapted to interchangeably receive a flow controller of a plurality of flow controllers;
- determining, for a server-side flow controller of server tray or box, the flow controller to be used with the flow controller adapter based in part on matching of a determined orifice size and a determined coupling feature of the server-side flow controller with the flow controller;
- associating the flow controller adapter with the flow controller, the flow controller adapter in one of different available positions for mating the flow controller with the server-side flow controller;
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- enabling coolant flow into the server tray or box through the flow controller adapter, the flow controller, and the server-side flow controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.