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Granted Patent B2
US 10,356,949 · App. 15/547,350 · Granted Jul 16, 2019

Server rack heat sink system with combination of liquid cooling device and auxiliary heat sink device

Inventors: Zhanhua Pan (Guangdong, CN); Minhua Li (Guangdong, CN); Hua Chen (Guangdong, CN); Chunhui Xie (Guangdong, CN); Ti Ouyang (Guangdong, CN); Xuewei Zhang (Guangdong, CN); Yuqun Qiu (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG SHENLING ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
H05K7/20636H05K7/2079H05K7/20309H05K7/20318H05K7/20327H05K7/20681H05K7/20736H05K7/20772H05K7/20781Y02D10/16
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Patent No.
US 10,356,949
App. No.
15/547,350
Granted
Jul 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A server heat dissipation system is provided, comprising a liquid cooling server cabinet comprising a cabinet body and multiple liquid cooling servers provided inside the cabinet body, wherein it is provided with a liquid cooling device to perform direct liquid cooling to the liquid cooling servers, and with an auxiliary heat dissipation device to perform auxiliary heat dissipation to the liquid cooling servers. The present invention provides high density cooling, high heat exchange efficiency, no local overheating, small space occupied, high reliability, low noise, and long life.

Claims (31)

1. A server heat dissipation system, comprising:

a liquid cooling server cabinet comprising:

a cabinet body; and

multiple liquid cooling servers provided inside the cabinet body;

a liquid cooling device to perform direct liquid cooling to the liquid cooling servers, the liquid cooling device being disposed along an exterior of the cabinet body and comprising:

a distributor;

a collector;

an internal circulation system;

an external circulation system; and

a branch pipe, the branch pipe connecting the distributor and the collector to the multiple cooling servers; and

an auxiliary heat dissipation device to perform auxiliary heat dissipation to the liquid cooling servers, the auxiliary heat dissipation device comprising a door-type cold water heat exchange device or a heat pipe air conditioner, the auxiliary heat dissipation device being connected in parallel on the internal circulation system and the external circulation system.

2. The server heat dissipation system of claim 1 , wherein the liquid cooling device further comprises a liquid heat dissipater and a primary heat transfer medium, and

wherein the liquid heat dissipater is provided for performing heat dissipation to server chips, the distributor is connected with the liquid heat dissipater by a plurality of liquid inlet pipes, the liquid heat dissipater is then connected with the collector by a plurality of liquid outlet pipes, the primary heat transfer medium flows into the liquid heat dissipater through the distributor and the liquid inlet pipes, and then flows out from the liquid heat dissipater through the liquid outlet pipes, and then is collected by the collector.

3. The server heat dissipation system of claim 2 , wherein the liquid heat dissipater is provided adjacent to the server chips, or in direct connection with the server chips.

4. The server heat dissipation system of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary heat dissipation device is a door-type cold water heat exchange device comprising a cold water heat exchanger, a connecting pipe, and a secondary heat transfer medium, and

wherein the cold water heat exchanger is arranged on the liquid cooling server cabinet or the liquid cooling device, and the secondary heat transfer medium is carried by the connecting pipe.

5. The server heat dissipation system of claim 4 , wherein the door-type cold water heat exchange device further comprises a chiller, a pump, and a fan, and

wherein the chiller and the pump are arranged outside room and connected with the cold water heat exchanger by the connecting pipe, and the fan is installed at an air outlet side of the cold water heat exchanger.

6. The server heat dissipation system of claim 5 , wherein a water-circulating natural-cooling heat exchange device and an electrically adjusting valve are provided on either the connecting pipe or the circulating pipe,

wherein the water-circulating natural-cooling heat exchange device comprises an axial flow fan and a natural-cooling heat exchange coiled pipe, the natural-cooling heat exchange coiled pipe is connected in series or parallel on either the connecting pipe or the circulating pipe, and

wherein the electrically adjusting valve is proved at a water outlet of the water-circulating natural-cooling heat exchange device.

7. The server heat dissipation system of claim 1 , wherein the internal circulation system comprises a liquid heat transfer pipe provided inside the server, an intermediate heat exchanger, an internal circulation inlet pipe, and an internal circulation outlet pipe, the intermediate heat exchanger is connected with the liquid heat transfer pipe by the internal circulation inlet pipe and the internal circulation outlet pipe to form a circulation loop,

wherein the external circulation system is a circulation loop formed by successively connecting a cold liquid tower, a liquid tank, a circulating liquid pump, and the intermediate heat exchanger, and

wherein heat transfer between the internal circulation system and the external circulation system is provided by the intermediate heat exchanger.

8. The server heat dissipation system of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary heat dissipation device is a heat pipe air conditioner comprising an evaporator, a condenser, a connecting pipe, and a secondary heat transfer medium, and

wherein the evaporator is connected with the condenser by the connecting pipe to form a circulation loop, and the secondary heat transfer medium is carried by the connecting pipe.

9. The server heat dissipation system of claim 8 , wherein the heat pipe air conditioner further comprises a chiller provided outside the cabinet, the chiller is connected with the condenser by a circulating pipe to form a circulation loop, and a pump is provided on the circulating pipe.

10. The server heat dissipation system of claim 9 , wherein a water-circulating natural-cooling heat exchange device and an electrically adjusting valve are provided on either the connecting pipe or the circulating pipe,

wherein the water-circulating natural-cooling heat exchange device comprises an axial flow fan and a natural-cooling heat exchange coiled pipe, the natural-cooling heat exchange coiled pipe is connected in series or parallel on either the connecting pipe or the circulating pipe, and

wherein the electrically adjusting valve is proved at a water outlet of the water-circulating natural-cooling heat exchange device.

11. The server heat dissipation system of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary heat dissipation device is one or more air-cooling inter-row air conditioners and is installed in parallel to the server cabinet, multiple servers are installed side by side in the server cabinet, adjacent server cabinets are installed facing each other to form alternating cold passage and hot passage, and air is supplied to the cold passage and then returned from the hot passage by the air-cooling inter-row air conditioners.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2018
From: PAN, ZHANHUA; LI, MINHUA; CHEN, HUA; XIE, CHUNHUI; OUYANG, TI; ZHANG, XUEWEI; QIU, YUQUN
To: GUANGDONG SHENLING ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045591/0564 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2015 1 0144650 · Mar 31, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180042140A1 · Feb 8, 2018
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