Smart cold plate for redundant liquid cooling loops
AssigneeDell Product L.P.
InventorsYuan Chen, Weidong Zuo, Regan Zhu
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Abstract
A device and systems for cooling hardware components is disclosed. The smart cold plate (CP) device includes a first inlet port for supplying a first coolant path, a second inlet port for supplying a second coolant path, and a valve for selectively controlling a flow of a coolant between the first and second inlet ports and an internal port, the internal port connecting the first and second inlet ports to a CP. The device also includes an external port connected to the CP for removing the coolant from the smart CP device and a connector through which power is supplied to the valve. Various cooling systems incorporating the smart CP device are disclosed.
Claims5
A cooling system comprising:
- a first coolant path comprising a first radiator connected to a first pump, the first pump further connected to a first smart cold plate (CP) device;
- a second coolant path comprising a second radiator connected to a second pump, the second pump further connected to a second smart CP device;
- wherein the first coolant path is connected to a first inlet port of the first smart CP device, and the second coolant path is connected to a first inlet port of the second smart CP device, and
- wherein a second inlet port of the first smart CP device is connected to the second radiator, and a second inlet port of the second smart CP device is connected to the first radiator,
- wherein each of the first and second smart CP comprises:
- the first inlet port;
- the second inlet port;
- a valve for selectively controlling a flow of a coolant between the first and second inlet ports and an internal port, the internal port connecting the first and second inlet ports to a CP;
- an external port connected to the CP for removing the coolant from the smart CP, and
- a connector through which power is supplied to the valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.