Liquid cooling system and method for cooling at least one heat generating component
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsJian Shi, Vadim Tsoi
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Abstract
A liquid cooling system for cooling at least one heat generating component, comprises a liquid loop in which liquid is arranged to be circulated, and arranged to be cooled by a first stage cooling unit, where the cold side of at least one Thermo Electric Cooling unit is arranged at a position situated downstream of the first stage cooling unit and upstream of the at least one heat generating component to be cooled by liquid, where the at least one Thermo Electric Cooling unit is arranged in its operative state to cool the liquid in order to provide for further cooling power when the cooling power of the first stage cooling unit is not sufficient.
Claims22
A liquid cooling system for cooling at least one heat generating component, the liquid cooling system comprising:
- a liquid loop in which liquid is arranged to be circulated, where the liquid is arranged to be cooled by a first stage cooling unit of the liquid cooling system, where the cold side of at least one Thermo Electric Cooling unit is arranged at a position situated downstream of the first stage cooling unit and upstream of the at least one heat generating component to be cooled by liquid, where the at least one Thermo Electric Cooling unit is arranged in its operative state to cool the liquid in order to provide for further cooling power when the cooling power of the first stage cooling unit is not sufficient, wherein the liquid is further arranged to cool down the hot side of the at least one Thermo Electric Cooling unit and to transfer heat generated by the at least one Thermo Electric Cooling unit to the first stage cooling unit arranged to transfer away heat from the liquid.
A method for cooling at least one heat generating component using an liquid cooling system comprising a liquid loop in which liquid is arranged to be circulated, the method comprising:
- arranging the liquid to be cooled by a first stage cooling unit of the liquid cooling system;
- arranging the cold side of at least one Thermo Electric Cooling unit at a position situated downstream of the first stage cooling unit and upstream of the at least one heat generating component to be cooled by liquid;
- arranging the at least one Thermo Electric Cooling unit in its operative state to cool the liquid in order to provide for further cooling power when the cooling power of the first stage cooling unit is not sufficient;
- arranging the liquid to cool down the hot side of the at least one Thermo Electric Cooling unit;
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- transferring heat generated by the at least one Thermo Electric Cooling unit to the first stage cooling unit arranged to transfer away heat from the liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.