Liquid cooling plate module with hybrid coolant distribution unit

Abstract

This disclosure relates to a liquid-cooled plate module with a hybrid coolant distribution unit. The liquid-cooled plate module includes a liquid-cooled plate, a hybrid coolant distribution unit, and external piping. The liquid-cooled plate has a first inlet end and a first outlet end. The hybrid coolant distribution unit includes a machine base and a storage tank, a pump, a chiller, and internal piping housed within the machine base. The machine base has a second inlet end and a second outlet end. One end of the internal piping is connected to the second inlet end, the other end is connected to the second outlet end, and the storage tank, the pump, and the chiller are connected in series in the middle section. The external piping includes an inlet pipe with one end connected to the first inlet end and the other end connected to the second outlet end, and an outlet pipe with one end connected to the first outlet end and the other end connected to the second inlet end.

Claims

1. A liquid-cooled plate module with a hybrid coolant distribution unit, comprising: A liquid-cooled plate having a first liquid inlet end and a first liquid outlet end; A mixed-type coolant distribution unit includes a machine and a reservoir, a pump, a chiller, and an internal pipeline housed within the machine. The machine has a second inlet and a second outlet. One end of the internal pipeline is connected to the second inlet, the other end is connected to the second outlet, and the reservoir, the pump, and the chiller are connected in series in the middle section. An external pipeline includes an inlet pipe with one end connected to the first inlet and the other end connected to the second outlet, and an outlet pipe with one end connected to the first outlet and the other end connected to the second inlet.

2. The liquid cooling plate module with a hybrid coolant distribution unit as described in claim 1, wherein the liquid cooling plate includes a housing having a plurality of liquid cooling channels arranged side by side, an inlet tank and an outlet tank communicating with both ends of the plurality of liquid cooling channels, and a plurality of heat dissipation fins disposed corresponding to the plurality of liquid cooling channels, the first inlet end communicating with the inlet tank, and the first outlet end communicating with the outlet tank.

3. The liquid cooling plate module with a hybrid coolant distribution unit as described in claim 2, wherein the housing has a heat exchange chamber inside, the plurality of heat dissipation fins extend upward from the bottom wall of the heat exchange chamber and are arranged side by side, and the plurality of liquid cooling channels are formed between the plurality of heat dissipation fins.

4. The liquid cooling plate module with a hybrid coolant distribution unit as described in claim 3, wherein the heat exchange chamber has an inner left wall, an inner right wall, an inner front wall and an inner rear wall on its inner periphery, the plurality of heat dissipation fins are parallel to and side by side with the inner front wall and the inner rear wall, one end of the plurality of heat dissipation fins forms the liquid inlet between the inner left wall and the other end of the plurality of heat dissipation fins forms the liquid outlet between the inner right wall and the other end of the plurality of heat dissipation fins.

5. The liquid cooling plate module with a hybrid coolant distribution unit as described in claim 3, wherein the housing comprises an upper housing and a lower housing stacked on top of each other, the heat exchange chamber is recessed from the top surface of the lower housing, and the upper housing covers and closes the heat exchange chamber.

6. The liquid cooling plate module with a hybrid coolant distribution unit as described in claim 5, wherein the top surface of the upper housing is recessed with a recessed area disposed above the heat exchange chamber, and the bottom wall of the recessed area extends with a plurality of heat dissipation fins arranged parallel to the plurality of liquid cooling channels.

7. The liquid cooling plate module with a hybrid coolant distribution unit as described in claim 6, further comprising a fan, wherein the upper housing and the lower housing are provided with a fan mounting port at the plurality of heat dissipation fins, the fan is fitted into the fan mounting port, and the bottom wall of the heat exchange chamber extends upward with a surrounding plate surrounding the fan mounting port and abutting against the upper housing.

8. The liquid cooling plate module with a mixed-type coolant distribution unit as described in claim 6, wherein the first liquid inlet end is formed on the outer periphery of the upper housing, the bottom surface of the upper housing is recessed with a manifold groove arranged opposite to the liquid inlet tank, and the upper housing is provided with an L-shaped guide channel arranged above the liquid outlet tank and on one side of the recessed area, wherein only one end of the L-shaped guide channel is connected to the first liquid inlet end and the other end is connected to the manifold groove.

9. A liquid-cooled plate module having a hybrid coolant distribution unit as described in claim 8, wherein the first outlet end is formed on the outer periphery of the lower housing and communicates only with the outlet tank.

10. The liquid cooling plate module with a mixed-type coolant distribution unit as described in claim 9, further comprising a working fluid that flows sequentially from the first liquid inlet, the L-shaped guide channel, the manifold, the liquid inlet tank, the plurality of liquid cooling channels, and the liquid outlet tank to the first liquid outlet.

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