| US 7,511,960 B2 | ||
| Balanced chilled fluid cooling system for a data center in a shipping container | ||
| W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, Calif. (US); Mark Duttweiler, Sherman Oaks, Calif. (US); Kenneth D. Salter, Glendale, Calif. (US); and Randall A. Yates, Burbank, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 13, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/520,106. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0062647 A1, Mar. 13, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); F28F 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 361—702 [165/80.4; 361/699] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A movable data center comprising:
a movable enclosure having at least two banks that together define a closed loop air flow path, the enclosure further having
a center aisle between the at least two banks;
a plurality of fans disposed in the air flow path for directing air through the defined air flow path;
a plurality of data processing modules operatively installed in the enclosure in the defined air flow path;
a pipe network disposed within the enclosure, the pipe network including a chilled water supply pipe that receives chilled
water from a source of chilled water and a water return pipe that circulates the water back to the source of chilled water;
a plurality of heat exchange modules installed in the enclosure in the defined air flow path, the heat exchange modules receiving
the chilled water from the chilled water supply pipe; and
wherein each of the plurality of heat exchange modules has a water circulation tube that connects the chilled water supply
pipe to the water return pipe and a plurality of fins secured to the water circulation tube that facilitate the transfer of
heat from the air flow path to water in the water return pipe.
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