Localized fluid acceleration in immersed environment
A cooling system comprises an information technology (IT) container including a plurality of IT chambers, a fluid supply channel disposed at a bottom of the IT container to receive the fluid from a cooling unit and to supply the fluid to the IT chambers, a fluid return channel disposed on a top of the IT chambers to return the fluid received from the IT chambers to the cooling unit, a fluid acceleration channel disposed separately from the fluid return channel to return at least some of the fluid to the cooling unit in an accelerated manner, and one or more pumps disposed between at least some of the IT chambers immerged in the fluid environment and the fluid acceleration channel to increase a flowrate of the fluid from the corresponding IT chambers to the cooling unit via the fluid acceleration channel. For example, each IT chamber to store fluid and to populate IT equipment submerged in the fluid for immersion cooling. In an embodiment, the IT chamber includes acceleration sections.
1. A cooling system, comprising:
an information technology (IT) container including a plurality of IT chambers, each IT chamber to store fluid and to receive IT equipment submerged in the fluid for immersion cooling;
a fluid supply channel disposed at a bottom of the IT container to receive the fluid from a cooling unit and to supply the fluid to the IT chambers;
a fluid return channel disposed on a top of the IT chambers to return the fluid received from the IT chambers to the cooling unit;
a fluid acceleration channel disposed separately from the fluid return channel to return at least some of the fluid to the cooling unit in an accelerated manner; and
one or more pumps disposed between at least some of the IT chambers and the fluid acceleration channel to increase a flowrate of the fluid from the corresponding IT chambers to the cooling unit via the fluid acceleration channel.
2. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more pumps are configured to pump the fluid from the fluid supply channel through the corresponding IT chamber to the fluid acceleration channel.
3. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein at least one IT equipment includes a regular section containing an IT component that generates heat and an acceleration section containing a local heat exchange element attached to the IT component, both the regular section and the acceleration section integrated as one complete system.
4. The cooling system of claim 3 , wherein a pump associated with the IT equipment is disposed in the acceleration section to increase the flowrate of the fluid in the acceleration section.
5. The cooling system of claim 3 , wherein the local heat exchange element includes a heat sink elevated to the acceleration section.
6. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the fluid acceleration channel is disposed on top of the fluid return channel.
7. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the flowrate of the fluid in an IT chamber is controlled by a corresponding pump based on a local temperature of the fluid within the corresponding IT chamber.
8. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein each pump is integrated to the fluid acceleration channel and coupled to and removable from the fluid return channel of the IT container.
9. The cooling system of claim 8 , further comprising a lid, wherein the fluid acceleration channel and the pumps are integrated to a lid section including the lid, such that when the lid section is lifted, the fluid acceleration channel and the pumps are lifted and removed from the IT chambers.
10. The cooling system of claim 8 , wherein the pumps are integrated to the fluid acceleration channel attached to the lid, and wherein the location of each pump is adjustable based on the corresponding IT equipment.
11. An electronic rack of a data center, comprising:
one or more information technology (IT) equipment operating as one or more servers; and
a cooling system coupled to the IT equipment, the cooling system including
an IT container including a plurality of IT chambers, each IT chamber to store fluid and to receive IT equipment submerged in the fluid for immersion cooling;
a fluid supply channel disposed at a bottom of the IT container to receive the fluid from a cooling unit and to supply the fluid to the IT chambers;
a fluid return channel disposed on a top of the IT chambers to return the fluid received from the IT chambers to the cooling unit;
a fluid acceleration channel disposed separately from the fluid return channel to return at least some of the fluid to the cooling unit in an accelerated manner; and
one or more pumps disposed between at least some of the IT chambers and the fluid acceleration channel to increase a flowrate of the fluid from the corresponding IT chambers to the cooling unit via the fluid acceleration channel.
12. The electronic rack of claim 11 , wherein each of the one or more pumps are configured to pump the fluid from the fluid supply channel through the corresponding IT chamber to the fluid acceleration channel.
13. The electronic rack of claim 11 , wherein at least one IT equipment includes a regular section containing an IT component that generates heat and an acceleration section containing a local heat exchange element attached to the IT component, both the regular section and the acceleration section integrated as one complete system.
14. The electronic rack of claim 13 , wherein a pump associated with the IT equipment is disposed in the acceleration section to increase the flowrate of the fluid in the acceleration section.
15. The electronic rack of claim 13 , wherein the local heat exchange element includes a heat sink elevated to the acceleration section.
16. The electronic rack of claim 13 , wherein the fluid acceleration channel is disposed on top of the fluid return channel.
17. The electronic rack of claim 11 , wherein the flowrate of the fluid in an IT chamber is controlled by a corresponding pump based on a local temperature of the fluid within the corresponding IT chamber.
18. The electronic rack of claim 11 , wherein each pump is integrated to the fluid acceleration channel and coupled to and removable from the fluid return channel of the IT container.
19. The electronic rack of claim 18 , further comprising a lid, wherein the fluid acceleration channel and the pumps are integrated to a lid section including the lid, such that when the lid section is lifted, the fluid acceleration channel and the pumps are lifted and removed from the IT chambers.
20. A data center system, comprising:
a plurality of electronic racks, each electronic rack including
one or more information technology (IT) equipment operating as one or more servers; and
a cooling system coupled to the IT equipment to provide liquid cooling to the servers, the cooling system including
an information technology (IT) container including a plurality of IT chambers, each IT chamber to store fluid and to receive IT equipment submerged in the fluid for immersion cooling;
a fluid supply channel disposed at a bottom of the IT container to receive the fluid from a cooling unit and to supply the fluid to the IT chambers;
a fluid return channel disposed on a top of the IT chambers to return the fluid received from the IT chambers to the cooling unit;
a fluid acceleration channel disposed separately from the fluid return channel to return at least some of the fluid to the cooling unit in an accelerated manner; and
one or more pumps disposed between at least some of the IT chambers and the fluid acceleration channel to increase a flowrate of the fluid from the corresponding IT chambers to the cooling unit via the fluid acceleration channel.