Intelligent in-rack pump or compressor unit for datacenter cooling systems
摘要
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In at least one embodiment, a two-phase fluid is in a liquid to vapor phase transformation within an evaporator section of a cold plate. In at least one embodiment, a two-phase fluid is in a vapor phase when entering a compressor, but in a fluid state for a pump. In at least one embodiment, a compressor creates high pressure and high temperature vapor. In at least one embodiment, a pump or compressor unit enables cooling of vapor (or of fluid) using an associated heat exchanger and enables phase change using a condensing unit, where at least vapor phase condenses to a liquid or fluid phase in a condensing unit. In at least one embodiment, such enabling feature may be by passing two-phase fluid to a heat exchanger of a condensing unit and providing sufficient cooling (such as forced air and surface area for heat transfer). In at least one embodiment, such a pump may be rated for between 20-30 pound per square inch (psi), and so associated plumbing (including lines and flow controllers) may be rated at five times that value (150 psi). In at least one embodiment, a compressor may be rated for between 150 to 200 psi, and so associated plumbing may be rated at 1000 psi. In at least one embodiment, this is done to avoid leaks in a datacenter cooling system having a pump or a compressor within a server tray form-factor of a rack. In at least one embodiment, such plumbing may be metallic instead of plastic, which may be found in systems using single-phase fluids, such as coolants.
