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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Wayne A. Barringer, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
David P. Graybill, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Foster City, CA (US);
Roger R. Schmidt, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
James J. Steffes, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Gerard V. Weber, Jr., Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Flow restrictors are employed in association with multiple heat exchange tube sections of a heat exchange assembly, or in association with multiple coolant supply lines or coolant return lines feeding multiple heat exchange assemblies. Flow restrictors associated with respective heat exchange tube sections (or respective heat exchange assemblies) are disposed at the coolant channel inlet or coolant channel outlet of the tube sections (or of the heat exchange assemblies). These flow restrictors tailor coolant flow resistance through the heat exchange tube sections or through the heat exchange assemblies to control overall heat transfer within the tube sections or across heat exchange assemblies. In one embodiment, the flow restrictors tailor a coolant flow distribution differential across multiple heat exchange tube sections or across multiple heat exchange assemblies.