Hollow Fluid Blocking Member for Immersion Cooling Flow Balance
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Solution Overview
Problem
In immersion cooling systems for electronic devices, unused space in the tank leads to uneven coolant flow resistance, resulting in reduced coolant flow rates through the devices, which hampers effective heat dissipation.
Innovation Solution
The immersion cooling equipment incorporates a hollow fluid blocking member that can be placed in the tank to direct coolant flow towards electronic devices, ensuring balanced flow resistance and improved heat dissipation by filling unused space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the tank is not fully loaded with electronic devices, then the unused space creates areas with smaller flow resistance, but this causes most coolant to be directed to unused space rather than through electronic devices, reducing heat dissipation effectiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The hollow fluid blocking member acts as an intermediary element placed in unused tank spaces to redirect coolant flow. It serves as a mediator between the coolant and electronic devices, ensuring that coolant is directed through high-resistance areas where heat dissipation is needed rather than flowing freely through low-resistance unused spaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The fluid blocking member creates localized flow resistance in specific unused areas of the tank. By strategically placing blocking members in particular empty spaces, the system adjusts local flow characteristics to balance overall coolant distribution, ensuring adequate flow through electronic devices regardless of tank loading configuration.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the tank space is not fully utilized, then electronic devices can be flexibly configured, but the flow resistance becomes uneven causing reduced coolant flow rate through electronic devices
Solution Approach 1:
The hollow fluid blocking member serves as an intermediary that redirects coolant flow from low-resistance unused areas toward electronic devices. It mediates the coolant distribution to ensure adequate flow rates through devices even when tank space is not fully utilized.
Solution Approach 2:
The fluid blocking members are pre-positioned in unused tank spaces before coolant circulation begins. This preliminary placement ensures that flow resistance is properly distributed from the start, preventing coolant from bypassing electronic devices and ensuring adequate flow rates are maintained throughout operation.
3Productivity
If fluid blocking members are placed in the tank, then coolant flow is directed towards electronic devices improving heat dissipation, but the blocking members occupy additional tank space
Solution Approach 1:
The hollow fluid blocking member is an intermediary element that occupies only the unused spaces in the tank. It does not displace electronic devices or reduce tank capacity for devices, as it is specifically placed in empty areas where no devices are present, thereby directing flow without sacrificing device accommodation space.
Solution Approach 2:
The blocking members are localized to specific unused areas of the tank rather than occupying the entire tank volume. This localized placement ensures that tank capacity for electronic devices is maximized while still providing sufficient flow resistance in unused areas to direct coolant through devices effectively.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The hollow fluid blocking member stabilizes coolant flow, enhances heat dissipation efficiency, and maintains consistent coolant levels, thereby improving the overall cooling performance of electronic devices.
Implementation Method 1
The hollow fluid blocking member is replaceable placed in the tank to be immersed in the coolant
Implementation Method 2
During a process of placing the hollow fluid blocking member into the tank, a portion of the coolant in the tank flows into the hollow fluid blocking member, and during a process of detaching the hollow fluid blocking member from the tank, the coolant in the hollow fluid blocking member flows out of the hollow fluid blocking member and flows back to the tank
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AI summary
An immersion cooling equipment is configured to cool an electronic device. The immersion cooling equipment includes a tank and a hollow fluid blocking member. The tank is filled with coolant. The electronic device is disposed in the tank and immersed in the coolant. The hollow fluid blocking member is replaceably placed in the tank to be immersed in the coolant. During a process of placing the hollow fluid blocking member into the tank, a portion of the coolant in the tank flows into the hollow fluid blocking member, and during a process of detaching the hollow fluid blocking member from the tank, the coolant in the hollow fluid blocking member flows out of the hollow fluid blocking member and flows back to the tank.