Method and apparatus for cooling heat generating components
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsChandrakant D. Patel, Cullen E. Bash
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Abstract
A device and a system for cooling heat generating electronics is disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention is a system for cooling at least one computer component. The system has a plurality of cold plates which are adapted to transfer heat from a plurality of computer components to a cooling fluid. A supply line supplies the cooling fluid to and from these cold plates. The system also has a housing with one or more racks to support the computer component(s). The racks may also support the cold plates so that the cold plates are in thermal communication with at least one computer component.
Claims27
A system for cooling at least one computer component, said system comprising:
- a plurality of cold plates adapted to transfer heat from a plurality of computer components to a cooling fluid;
- a supply line to supply said cooling fluid to, and from, said cold plates;
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- a housing having one or more racks configured to support said plurality of computer components, said one or more racks further configured to support said plurality of cold plates in thermal communication with said plurality of computer components.
A system for cooling at least one computer component, said system comprising:
- means for holding a plurality of computer boards;
- electronic connection means for providing electrical power to the computer boards;
- communication connection means for providing communication between the computer boards and an apparatus external to the system;
- a plurality of cold plates, each cold plate being adapted to serve as a heat exchanger for one or more components on one or more of said computer boards;
- means for holding one or more of the cold plates in thermal communication with one or more of said computer boards;
- means for passing a fluid through each of the one or more cold plates so the one or more cold plates transfer heat energy from the one or more computer boards to the fluid;
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- means for transferring heat away from the fluid.
A method for cooling at least one computer component in a system for cooling comprising at least one cold plate adapted to transfer heat from at least one computer component to a fluid, and a supply line to supply a fluid to, and from, a heat exchanger, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a housing to receive removable computer components;
- providing at least one cold plate within the housing to absorb heat from at least one computer component, wherein said cold plate is configured to allow fluid to pass through the cold plate;
- circulating a fluid within the housing and through the cold plate and then away from the cold plate such that heat is absorbed from the cold plate into the fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.