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US 8,913,381 B2Granted
Cold row encapsulation for server farm cooling system
AssigneeYahoo! Inc.
InventorsScott Noteboom, Albert Dell Robison, Jesus Suarez, Norman Holt
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Abstract
A server cooling device is described that includes an enclosure defining an interior space and at least one server rack port configured to engage a rack such that one or more rack mounted units installed in the rack interface with the interior space. The server cooling device also includes a mixing chamber including one or more cooling coils that is connected to the interior space defined by the enclosure.
Claims20
A server cooling device, comprising:
- an enclosure defining an interior space and comprising at least one server rack port configured to engage a rack such that one or more rack mounted units installed in the rack interface with the interior space;
- and
- a mixing chamber including one or more cooling coils that is connected to the interior space defined by the enclosure.
A server cooling room, comprising:
- one or more openings whereby air inside and outside the server cooling room is exchanged;
- one or more server racks on which one or more servers is placed;
- and
- one or more cooling devices attached to the one or more server racks and attached to the one or more air intakes, each cooling device comprising an enclosure comprising at least one server rack port configured to interface with one or more server racks, the enclosure defining an interior space and a mixing chamber including one or more cooling coils that is connected to the interior space defined by the enclosure.
1 more element
A server cooling method, comprising
- encapsulating an interior space having at least one lateral portion defined by the front face of at least one server rack, wherein the at least one server rack comprises one or more servers mounted therein;
- and
- introducing air from a mixing chamber including one or more cooling coils that is connected to the interior space defined by an enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.