1114 results about "Liquid cooling system" patented technology

A rack-mount server system of a liquid cooling system, in which a heat-generating component such as a CPU is cooled by a coolant has a plurality of server modules with heat-generating components which are cooled by the circulating coolant. The server modules are connected in parallel to a circulation coolant path through which the coolant to cool the server modules is circulated. In the middle of the coolant circulation path is a cooling unit that cools the coolant by radiating its heat to the outside air. Furthermore, a bypass route parallel to the server modules and going around the server modules is provided in the coolant circulation path, and the circulation quantity of the coolant is controlled in the bypass route. Alternatively, the flow quantity of the coolant is controlled in each of the server modules.

An exemplary refrigeration system for cooling food or beverages may use a liquid cooling system of a vehicle. The refrigeration system may include a compartment in which the food or beverages may be placed and removed, a chilled liquid coolant system having a connection through which liquid coolant is received from the liquid cooling system of the vehicle, and a heat exchanger operationally coupled with the chilled liquid coolant system and the compartment to transfer heat from the compartment into the liquid coolant. The refrigeration system may also include a second chilled coolant system through which a second coolant flows and a second heat exchanger operationally coupled with the second chilled coolant system and the compartment to transfer heat from the compartment. The chilled liquid coolant system and the second chilled coolant system may operate together as a cascade cooling system.

A heat dissipation device for a light emitting diode (LED) module includes a liquid cooling system. The liquid cooling system includes a heat-absorbing member, which includes an inlet, an outlet and at least one pipe extending between the inlet and the outlet. The inlet and the outlet are provided for permitting liquid to flow through the at least one pipe, which is in thermal contact with at least one LED of the LED module.

A cold plate assembly consisting of a thermally conductive base component with an insert having a high thermal transfer characteristic adapted for contacting the surface of a heat source on one side. The surface of the base component opposite from the insert is surrounding by a housing defining an enclosed volume through with a flow of liquid coolant is directed. Inlet baffles adjacent to a fluid inlet in the housing direct the incoming flow of liquid coolant towards the surface of the base component in proximity to the insert, facilitating an efficient transfer of thermal energy from the heat source to the liquid coolant through the insert and base component. Optional extensions or fins extending into the liquid coolant contained in the enclosed volume from the surface of the base component further facilitate the transfer of thermal energy from the heat source.

Mounting systems are provided for bringing a heat exchanger from a server rack into thermal contact with a heat exchanger from an electronics server. An engaging force is applied to the two heat exchangers to create thermal communication there between. A mounting mechanism is configured to isolate the engaging force applied to the two heat exchangers. The mounting mechanism may include an interlocking mechanism that prevents transfer of the applied force to the rest of the electronics server to lessen the possibility of disconnecting the electrical connections between the electronics server and the rack, and/or lessening mechanical stresses transferred to the electronics server and the rack chassis. The mounting mechanism also may be coupled to the electronics server locking mechanism such that the action of locking the electronics server into the rack causes the heat exchangers to engage in thermal contact.

The invention relates to a radiating and cooling device for a power battery. An aluminum hollow cold plate shell is in the form of a radiating fin; the inside of the shell is hollow; a plurality of groove spaces are formed on the aluminum shell; power batteries can be embedded into grooves; the aluminum hollow cold plate shell is filled with a phase change material; radiating fins are arranged on an aluminum hollow cold plate shell bottom plate; a snakelike copper tube is arranged at the bottom of an aluminum shell cavity, and is contacted with the phase change material; a liquid cooling working medium is introduced into the snakelike copper tube; the snakelike copper tube, a pump and an external heat exchanger are connected in series, so that an active liquid cooling system is formed; a temperature sensor is arranged on the surface of the power battery; and a temperature switch is connected in series with a pump body power supply. The flow of the cooling working medium can be adjusted according to different requirements of battery temperature control; the using amount of a metal is reduced by adding the phase change material on the premise of ensuring the battery radiating effect, so that the cost of a battery radiating device is reduced effectively; and the requirements of different power batteries are met.

Liquid cooling systems and apparatus and data processing systems and communication systems with liquid cooling systems are presented. A number of embodiments are presented. In each embodiment a plurality of heat transfer systems capable of engaging a plurality heat generating components and each such heat transfer system adapted to transfer heat from the heat generating components is implemented. Each of the heat transfer systems is in liquid communication with a heat exchange system that receives heated liquid from the heat transfer systems and returns cooled liquid to the heat transfer systems. The liquid communication from/to the heat exchange system and the heat transfer systems is in parallel, in series or a combination of parallel and series. Another embodiment disclosed is for data processing systems and communication systems having rack mounted sub-assemblies which can be inserted into or retracted from a rack or other holding device (and even while the data processing system or the communication system is operating) wherein the liquid communication to the heat transfer systems on a sub-assembly may be switched on or off. Another embodiment is disclosed for the cost effective and noise-muffling deployment of fans in a liquid cooling system having more than one heat exchange system therein.

An electronic apparatus, such as, personal computers of so-called a desktop type and a notebook type, as well as, a server, etc., having a cooling system being high in cooling efficiency, wherein a CPU 200 in need of cooling is installed within a hosing 100, and the liquid cooling system for cooling the CPU, comprises: a heat-receiving (cooling) jacket 50; a radiator 60; and a circulation pump 70, wherein the heat-receiving (cooling) jacket 50, for transmitting heat generated from a heat-generation element, i.e., the CPU, into a liquid coolant flowing with in an inside thereof, has a heat diffusion plate 90 attached on the lower surface thereof. This heat diffusion plate encloses an operating fluid 94, such as water, within a space, which is hermetically sealed and formed within an inside thereof, and also has heater elements 95, being provided in contact with a portion the operating fluid. To those heater elements 95 are supplied a pulse-like electric power. With this, a portion of the operating fluid repeats forming/extinguishing, to give vibration to the operating fluid, thereby diffusing the heat over the entire of the diffusion plate, as a whole, thereafter the heat is transmitted to the heat-receiving (cooling) jacket. Or, alternatively, it may be connected with a heat radiation fin 300.

A method of cooling a computer server that includes a plurality of server modules, and is positioned in an enclosed room, includes transferring heat generated by a server module of the plurality of server modules to a hot plate of a liquid cooling system. The liquid cooling system may be positioned within the server module, and the hot plate may have a surface exposed to the enclosed room. The method may also include positioning a cold plate of a room-level cooling system in thermal contact with the hot plate. The method may also include directing a cooling medium through the room-level cooling system to transfer heat from the hot plate to a cooling unit positioned outside the room.

In a liquid cooling system of low costs and being installable with high density into a server having a several kinds of predetermined heights of housings, each of devices building up the liquid cooling system is set to be within about 44 mm, being the standard height of a lack when installing into a cabinet for the server lack of lack-mount method, in particular, about from 40 mm to 36 mm, and this is combined with, thereby building up a liquid cooling system of low costs and enabling high density installation, for an electronic apparatus of lack-mount method having different heights.

A method and system of cooling hardware, sensing hardware, and supporting code streams that enables a non-redundant liquid cooling system to be used seemlessly in conjunction with an air cooling backup solution. The result offers system speed and reliability benefits of liquid cooling except for the brief occasions when the primary cooling system has failed and air cooling takes over. Until the liquid cooling is repaired, system clocks are automatically slowed to be compatible with the circuit speeds possible at the higher temperatures associated with air cooling. When the liquid cooling is repaired, the system clocks are automatically returned to their normal fast state. Depending on the circuit technology used, a supplied voltage may be varied while being air cooled.

A liquid cooling system for a computer may include a cold plate configured to be positioned on a heat generating electronic device of the computer and adapted to pass a coolant therethrough. The cooling system may also include a leak detection system configured to detect a coolant leak in the computer, and a control system coupled to the leak detection system. The control system may be configured to take remedial action when the coolant leak is detected by the leak detection system.

The invention discloses a storage battery, in particular to a liquid cooling system of a vehicle power storage battery, comprising a heat collection device (R), a radiator (5), a liquid pump (6) and a cooling liquid box (7) which are connected into a circulation loop through a cooling liquid pipe (8). The heat collection device (R) comprises a heat collection plate (2) and a heat conducting tube (3) made of heat conducting materials, wherein the heat collection plate (2) is jointed and connected on the outer surface of the storage battery (1), the two ends of the heat conducting tube (3) are respectively communicated with the cooling liquid pipe (8), and the heat conducting tube (3) is arranged on the outer surface of the heat collection plate (2). The liquid cooling system can effectively collect heat of the storage battery and adopts the cooling liquid to cool the storage battery, thereby having higher cooling efficiency, furthermore, the liquid cooling system can ensure that the storage battery can not be damaged due to the reasons of leakage of the cooling liquid and the like, therefore, the service life and the safety of the storage battery are ensured. In addition, the invention also provides a liquid cooling method of the storage battery.

In a cooling structure for use in a disk array apparatus, having boxes 27, each containing disk drives 26 therein by a lager number thereof, in each of the unit housings 114 are provided a air-blow fan 33, and also a liquid cooling system having a pump 107 for transmitting a liquid coolant, a radiator for discharging heats absorbed within the liquid coolant into an outside air, and pipes 101 for connecting those, etc., wherein a rotation speed of the pump is detected by a temperature sensor 120 attached on the pipe in the vicinity of an inlet of the radiator, thereby changing it depending on the temperature detected. With this, it is possible to achieve an improvement on cooling performances of the disk drives, which are contained within the housing of the disk array apparatus, and also to reduce an increase of temperature of the disk drives and unevenness in temperature among the disk drives, thereby enabling an improvement on the reliability and long lifetime of the disk drives and the cooling system thereof.

A two-phase liquid cooling system includes an active venting system for regulating an amount of non-condensable gas within the cooling system. Various venting structures may be used to remove gases from the cooling system, some of which are designed to remove the non-condensable gases and avoid removing the vapor-phase coolant. A control system activates the venting system to achieve a desired pressure, which may be based on measured process conditions within the cooling system.

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that includes a light and a cooling system is described. The light fitted to the UAV may be bright since heat it generates will be cooled by thermal conduction, convection and/or heat absorption. The light may be cooled by the airflow generated by the propellers. The cooling system of the lighted UAV may include radiator that may conduct heat to the environment and/or include an internal liquid cooling system. The cooling system may include dedicated fans to cool the lights.

A cooling liquid can be circulated in a liquid cooling system, so that a light source unit and a control unit can be forcedly cooled by the cooling liquid. Thus, a temperature increase in these components can be suppressed, thereby achieving an increase in the output power of a liquid-cooled LED lighting device. The liquid-cooled LED lighting device can include a housing, a light source unit having LEDs as light sources, a liquid cooling system, and a control unit to control the light source unit to be turned on. The liquid cooling system can include a heat receiving jacket, a radiator, a circulation pump and a fan. The light source unit and the control unit can be disposed with the heat receiving jacket of the liquid cooling system interposed therebetween. Further, one surface of the control unit can be brought in close contact with the heat receiving jacket while a heat radiation portion (e.g., fins or pins) can be provided at an other surface of the control unit.