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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2011
Timothy J. Chainer, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
Patrick A. Coico, Fishkill, NY (US);
David P. Graybill, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Woodstock, NY (US);
Vinod Kamath, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bejoy J. Kochuparambil, Apex, NC (US);
Roger R. Schmidt, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Mark E. Steinke, Durham, NC (US);
Timothy J. Chainer, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
Patrick A. Coico, Fishkill, NY (US);
David P. Graybill, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Woodstock, NY (US);
Vinod Kamath, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bejoy J. Kochuparambil, Apex, NC (US);
Roger R. Schmidt, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Mark E. Steinke, Durham, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A cooling apparatus for an electronics rack is provided which includes an air-to-liquid heat exchanger, one or more coolant-cooled structures and a tube. The heat exchanger, which is associated with the electronics rack and disposed to cool air passing through the rack, includes a plurality of distinct, coolant-carrying tube sections, each tube section having a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet, one of which is coupled in fluid communication with a coolant loop to facilitate flow of coolant through the tube section. The coolant-cooled structure(s) is in thermal contact with an electronic component(s) of the rack, and facilitates transfer of heat from the component(s) to the coolant. The tube connects in fluid communication one coolant-cooled structure and the other of the coolant inlet or outlet of the one tube section, and facilitates flow of coolant directly between that coolant-carrying tube section of the heat exchanger and the coolant-cooled structure.