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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Timothy J. Chainer, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
Patrick A. Coico, Fishkill, NY (US);
David P. Graybill, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Foster City, CA (US);
Vinod Kamath, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bejoy J. Kochuparambil, Apex, NC (US);
Roger R. Schmidt, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Mark E. Steinke, Durham, NC (US);
INTERNTIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for fabricating a cooling apparatus for cooling an electronics rack, which includes an air-to-liquid heat exchanger, one or more coolant-cooled structures, and a tube. The heat exchanger is associated with the electronics rack and disposed to cool air passing through the rack, includes a plurality of coolant-carrying tube sections, each tube section having a coolant inlet and 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.