Hybrid thermal test vehicles for datacenter cooling systems
AssigneeNVIDIA Corporation
InventorAli Heydari
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Abstract
Systems and methods for a datacenter cooling system are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a thermal test vehicle (TTV) includes an air-cooled heat element associated with a plurality of fins to enable air cooling of a TTV and includes a liquid-cooled heat trace associated with a cold plate to enable liquid cooling of a TTV, where an air-cooled heat element and a liquid-cooled heat trace generate heat to enable separate or concurrent testing of air cooling and liquid cooling in a datacenter cooling system.
Claims20
A datacenter cooling system, comprising:
- a thermal test vehicle (TTV) comprising an air-cooled heat element and a liquid-cooled heat trace, the air-cooled heat element to be associated with a plurality of fins and configured to be cooled in the datacenter cooling system via air cooling of the TTV, the liquid-cooled heat trace to be associated with a cold plate and configured to be cooled in the datacenter cooling system via liquid cooling of the TTV, wherein a processor is to adjust, based on sensor input from a sensor, heat generated by the air-cooled heat element and the liquid-cooled heat trace to separately or concurrently test the air cooling of the TTV and the liquid cooling of the TTV in the datacenter cooling system.
A processor comprising one or more circuits and associated with a thermal test vehicle (TTV) comprising an air-cooled heat element and a liquid-cooled heat trace, the air-cooled heat element to be associated with a plurality of fins and configured to be cooled in a datacenter cooling system via air cooling of the TTV, the liquid-cooled heat trace to be associated with a cold plate and configured to be cooled in the datacenter cooling center via liquid cooling of the TTV, the processor to adjust, based on sensor input from a sensor, heat generated by the air-cooled heat element and the liquid-cooled heat trace to separately or concurrently test the air cooling of the TTV and the liquid cooling of the TTV in the datacenter cooling system.
A method for datacenter cooling system, the method comprising:
- providing a thermal test vehicle (TTV) comprising an air-cooled heat element and a liquid-cooled heat trace, wherein the air-cooled heat element is associated with a plurality of fins and configured to be cooled in the datacenter cooling system via air cooling of the TTV, and wherein the liquid-cooled heat trace associated with a cold plate and is configured to be cooled in the datacenter cooling system via liquid cooling of the TTV;
- determining that separate testing or concurrent testing of the air cooling of the TTV and the liquid cooling of the TTV is to be performed for testing the datacenter cooling system;
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- causing, by a processor based on sensor input from a sensor, heat to be generated by the air-cooled heat element and the liquid-cooled heat trace to separately or concurrently test the air cooling of the TTV and the liquid cooling of the TTV in the datacenter cooling system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.