IP Library Granted Patent US 10,064,313
Granted Patent B2
US 10,064,313 · App. 15/712,191 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

Information processing system and control method for information processing system

Inventor: Minoru Ishinabe (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
H05K7/20781H05K7/20236H05K7/20263H05K7/20272H05K7/20736H05K7/20836
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Patent No.
US 10,064,313
App. No.
15/712,191
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing system includes a chiller configured to cool a primary refrigerant; a liquid immersion tank in which a processing device including a first electronic component is immersed in a secondary refrigerant; a second electronic component coupled to the processing device; a blower configured to blow or inhale air for the second electronic component; a coil in which the secondary refrigerant is cooled by the air; an air tank that is coupled to the coil and that includes a refrigerant pipe through which the secondary refrigerant flows; a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the primary refrigerant and the secondary refrigerant; and a pump configured to circulate the secondary refrigerant from the liquid immersion tank to the heat exchanger.

Claims (39)

1. An information processing system, comprising:

a chiller configured to cool a primary refrigerant;

a liquid immersion tank in which a processing device including a first electronic component is immersed in a secondary refrigerant;

a second electronic component coupled to the processing device;

a blower configured to blow or inhale air for the second electronic component;

a coil in which the secondary refrigerant is cooled by the air;

an air tank that is coupled to the coil and that includes a refrigerant pipe through which the secondary refrigerant flows;

a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the primary refrigerant and the secondary refrigerant; and

a pump configured to circulate the secondary refrigerant from the liquid immersion tank to the heat exchanger.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the liquid immersion tank and the air tank are coupled in parallel between a first pipe through which the secondary refrigerant that comes out from the heat exchanger flows and a second pipe through which the secondary refrigerant to return to the heat exchanger flows.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the liquid immersion tank and the air tank are coupled in series between a first pipe through which the secondary refrigerant that comes out from the heat exchanger flows and a second pipe through which the secondary refrigerant to return to the heat exchanger flows.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second electronic component has lower liquid immersion resistance than that of the first electronic component.

5. The information processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein, at a time of passing through the coil, the air is cooled by the secondary refrigerant flowing through the coil.

6. The information processing system according to claim 3 , wherein

the coil includes a first coil configured to cool the air before the air is blown to the second electronic component and a second coil configured to cool the air after the air is blown to the second electronic component, and

the first coil covers the first pipe, and the second coil covers the second pipe.

7. The information processing system according to claim 6 ,

wherein the secondary refrigerant that passes through the second coil flows through the second pipe and enters the liquid immersion tank, joins the secondary refrigerant that cools the first electronic component, and moves from the liquid immersion tank to the heat exchanger via the pump.

8. The information processing system according to claim 7 ,

wherein the secondary refrigerant that enters the heat exchanger is cooled by the primary refrigerant.

9. The information processing system according to claim 3 ,

wherein the secondary refrigerant that comes out from the heat exchanger flows through the first pipe and is supplied to the liquid immersion tank and the air tank.

10. A control method executed by an information processing system including a chiller configured to cool a primary refrigerant, a liquid immersion tank in which a processing device including a first electronic component is immersed in a secondary refrigerant, a second electronic component coupled to the processing device, and an air tank that is coupled to a coil and that includes a refrigerant pipe through which the secondary refrigerant flows, the control method comprising:

blowing or inhaling air for the second electronic component, by using a blower included in the information processing system;

cooling the secondary refrigerant by use of the air, by using the coil;

exchanging heat between the primary refrigerant and the secondary refrigerant, by using a heat exchanger included in the information processing system; and

circulating the secondary refrigerant from the liquid immersion tank to the heat exchanger, by using a pump included in the information processing system.

11. The control method according to claim 10 ,

wherein the liquid immersion tank and the air tank are coupled in parallel between a first pipe through which the secondary refrigerant that comes out from the heat exchanger flows and a second pipe through which the secondary refrigerant to return to the heat exchanger flows.

12. The control method according to claim 10 ,

wherein the liquid immersion tank and the air tank are coupled in series between a first pipe through which the secondary refrigerant that comes out from the heat exchanger flows and a second pipe through which the secondary refrigerant to return to the heat exchanger flows.

13. The control method according to claim 10 ,

wherein the second electronic component has lower liquid immersion resistance than that of the first electronic component.

14. The control method according to claim 10 ,

wherein, at a time of passing through the coil, the air is cooled by the secondary refrigerant flowing through the coil.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2017
From: ISHINABE, MINORU
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 043977/0691 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-196381 · Oct 4, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180098464A1 · Apr 5, 2018
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