Invention Grant
US09201474B2 Valve controlled, node-level vapor condensation for two-phase heat sink(s)
有权
气门控制,两相散热器的节点级蒸气冷凝
- Patent Title: Valve controlled, node-level vapor condensation for two-phase heat sink(s)
- Patent Title (中): 气门控制,两相散热器的节点级蒸气冷凝
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Application No.: US14519422Application Date: 2014-10-21
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Publication No.: US09201474B2Publication Date: 2015-12-01
- Inventor: Levi A. Campbell , Richard C. Chu , Milnes P. David , Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. , Madhusudan K. Iyengar , Robert E. Simons
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
- Agent Steven Chiu, Esq.; Kevin P. Radigan, Esq.
- Main IPC: H05K7/20
- IPC: H05K7/20 ; G06F1/20

Abstract:
Methods of facilitating cooling an electronic system are provided, which include: providing a heat sink(s) configured to cool an electronic component(s), the heat sink(s) including a coolant-carrying channel for a first coolant, the first coolant providing two-phase cooling to the electronic component(s) and being discharged from the heat sink(s) as coolant exhaust with coolant vapor; providing a node-level condensation module coupled in fluid communication with the heat sink(s), the condensation module receiving first coolant exhaust from the heat sink(s) and being liquid-cooled via a second coolant to condense coolant vapor before return to a rack-level return manifold; automatically controlling at least one of liquid-cooling of the heat sink(s), or liquid-cooling of the condensation module(s); and providing a control valve for adjusting flow rate of the second coolant to the condensation module(s), the control valve being automatically controlled based on a characterization of the coolant vapor in the coolant exhaust.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150036288A1 VALVE CONTROLLED, NODE-LEVEL VAPOR CONDENSATION FOR TWO-PHASE HEAT SINK(S) Public/Granted day:2015-02-05
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