Liquid cooling systems using cylinder actuator for high-performance computing systems

A method for cooling a computing system, the method comprising:

• monitoring, using a thermal sensor, a temperature of a computing system;
• responsive to detecting via a thermal sensor that the computing system exceeds a first threshold temperature:
• causing, via a controller, an actuator of a cooling system to increase speed of the actuator to a requested speed;
• determining a speed of the actuator;
• and
• responsive to the speed of the actuator not reaching the requested speed within a first threshold time:
• determining whether the actuator speed is less than a speed threshold;
• responsive to the actuator speed being less than the speed threshold, increasing the speed of the actuator;
• and
• responsive to the actuator speed being at least equal to the speed threshold, causing the computing system to be shut down;
• and
• responsive to detecting via a thermal sensor that the computing system is less than a second threshold temperature, returning to the step of monitoring the temperature of the computing system.

A cooling system comprising:

• a linear actuator comprising:
• a housing;
• a moveable plunger within the housing comprising a piston at one end of the plunger that divides the housing into a first chamber and a second chamber;
• a first inlet in the housing for receiving fluid that has been cooled into the first chamber of the housing;
• a second inlet in the housing for receiving fluid that has been cooled into the second chamber of the housing;
• a first outlet in the housing for providing an outlet of the fluid from the first chamber toward a device to be cooled;
• a second outlet in the housing for providing an outlet of the fluid from the second chamber toward the device to be cooled;
• a motive component for moving the piston in a first direction and a second direction;
• and
• a controller for controlling the motive component;
• a pathway system that:
• facilitates fluid flow from the first and second chambers of the housing across at least part of the device to be cooled to allow the fluid to absorb heat from the device;
• and
• facilitates fluid flow from a radiator system back to the housing;
• a radiator system for receiving fluid that has been heated by the device that facilitates dissipating heat from the fluid;
• and
• a reservoir that is coupled via the pathway system to receive fluid from the radiator system that has been cooled and is coupled to supply the fluid that has been cooled to the housing.