Process for liquid immersion cooling
AssigneeTMGCore, LLC
InventorsJohn David Enright, Jacob Mertel
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Abstract
A two-phase liquid immersion cooling method is described in which heat generating computer components cause a dielectric fluid in its liquid phase to vaporize. The dielectric vapor is then condensed back into a liquid phase and used to cool the computer components. Using a pressure controlled vessel and pressure controller, a cooling system may be operated at less than ambient pressure. By controlling the pressure at which the system operates, the user may influence the temperature at which the dielectric fluid vaporizes and thereby achieve increased performance from a given computer component.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- at least partially submerging a computer component in a thermally conductive, condensable dielectric fluid, wherein:
- the computer component is mounted in a chassis comprising a backplane for receiving power from a rack;
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- the computer component is configured to dissipate heat in the dielectric fluid when the computer component operates;
- condensing, using a condenser, a gas phase of the dielectric fluid to a liquid phase of the dielectric fluid;
- wherein the rack is within a tank comprising a bottom, at least four sides, and a removable lid wherein the condenser is located on one or more of the four sides;
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- removing water contaminant from the dielectric fluid.
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