Server cooling using sprayed fluid and high conductivity gas or air
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsHariharan Kumar, Husam Atallah Alissa
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Abstract
Described are examples for improving heat transfer for a data center, which may include a hermetically sealed container having sides defining an interior portion that is able to hold pressurized gas or air, a data center computer server located within the interior portion, and a spray device located within the interior portion for spraying a non-corrosive fluid over the data center computer server to, in conjunction with the pressurized gas or air, cool at least a portion of the data center computer server.
Claims17
A system for improving heat transfer for a data center, comprising:
- a hermetically sealed container having sides defining an interior portion that is able to hold pressurized gas or air, wherein the hermetically sealed container encloses multiple data center computer servers within the interior portion, including a data center computer server;
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- a spray device located within the interior portion for spraying a non-corrosive fluid in conjunction with pressurized gas or air over the data center computer server, located within the interior portion, to cool at least a portion of the data center computer server, wherein multiple spray devices are located on a side of each of the hermetically sealed container.
A method for improving heat transfer for a data center, comprising:
- spraying, via a spray device, an interior portion of a hermetically sealed container that houses a data center computer server with a non-corrosive fluid in conjunction with pressurized gas or air to cool at least a portion of the data center computer server, including spraying multiple data center computer servers located in the interior portion of the hermetically sealed container;
- collecting the non-corrosive fluid that has cooled the data center computer server;
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- recirculating the non-corrosive fluid to the spray device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.