Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Water-assisted air cooling for a row of cabinets
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Application No.: US13764034Application Date: 2013-02-11
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Publication No.: US09723760B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Shawn Hall
- 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: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent Daniel P. Morris, Esq.
- Main IPC: H05K7/20
- IPC: H05K7/20

Abstract:
A cooling apparatus and method including a plurality of heat-producing devices positioned in a plurality of cabinets arranged in a row that allows flow of a first fluid through the heat-producing devices and cabinets where the flow is directed from an upstream end of the row to a downstream end of the row. The cabinets have a space therebetween wherein a heat exchanger is positioned between and adjacent to the cabinets, thereby the cabinets and heat exchangers alternate in the row. Each heat exchanger allows flow of a second fluid therethrough for cooling the first fluid. A fluid-moving device is positioned adjacent the heat-producing devices for encouraging flow of the first fluid through the cabinets' heat-producing devices and through the heat exchangers, thereby encouraging heat transfer in each of the heat exchangers from the first fluid to the second fluid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170135245A9 WATER-ASSISTED AIR COOLING FOR A ROW OF CABINETS Public/Granted day:2017-05-11
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