公开(公告)号：US20240295334A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18600741

申请日：2024-03-10

Applicant: INERTECH IP LLC

Inventor： Ken Nguyen

IPC: F24F9/00 ,  F24F13/02 ,  H05K7/20

CPC classification number: F24F9/00 ,  F24F13/0254 ,  H05K7/20709 ,  H05K7/20745 ,  F24F2009/002

Abstract: An air curtain containment system and assembly for data centers forms an air curtain over the server cabinets thereby separating hot air in a hot aisle from cool ambient air. The air curtain containment system includes ducts which include a hot air intake section that receives hot air discharged from servers, which are disposed in server cabinets. The ducts include heat exchangers for cooling the hot air and at least one air curtain discharge section. A housing is coupled to a wall of the ducts, and includes a cooling edge device fan. The cooling edge device fan is disposed along the ducts, and is configured to draw the hot air for cooling through the heat exchangers. An air curtain fan assembly is disposed along the ducts. The air curtain fan assembly expels cold air through the air curtain discharge section, and thereby forms an air curtain over the server cabinets.

公开(公告)号：US20240247818A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-25

申请号：US18407422

申请日：2024-01-08

Applicant: Inertech IP LLC

Inventor： John Costakis ,  Ming Zhang ,  Earl Keisling ,  Ken Nguyen

IPC: F24F5/00 ,  F24F11/46 ,  F24F11/83 ,  F24F11/84 ,  F24F11/85 ,  F24F13/22 ,  F24F110/12 ,  F24F140/50 ,  F25B23/00 ,  F25B25/00 ,  F28C1/00

CPC classification number: F24F5/0007 ,  F24F5/0003 ,  F24F5/001 ,  F24F5/0035 ,  F24F11/83 ,  F24F11/84 ,  F24F11/85 ,  F25B23/006 ,  F25B25/00 ,  F25B25/005 ,  F24F11/46 ,  F24F2013/225 ,  F24F2110/12 ,  F24F2140/50 ,  F25B2339/041 ,  F25B2339/047 ,  F25B2700/197 ,  F25B2700/21163 ,  F28C2001/006 ,  Y02B30/54

Abstract: The cooling systems and methods of the present disclosure involve modular fluid coolers and chillers configured for optimal power and water use based on environmental conditions and client requirements. The fluid coolers include wet media, a first fluid circuit for distributing fluid across wet media, an air to fluid heat exchanger, and an air to refrigerant heat exchanger. The chillers, which are fluidly coupled to the fluid coolers via pipe cages, include a second fluid circuit in fluid communication with the air to fluid heat exchanger and a refrigerant circuit in thermal communication with the second fluid circuit and in fluid communication with the air to refrigerant heat exchanger. Pipe cages are coupled together to allow for expansion of the cooling system when additional cooling capacity is needed. The fluid coolers and chillers are configured to selectively operate in wet or dry free cooling mode, partial free cooling mode, or mechanical cooling mode.

公开(公告)号：US11940227B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-26

申请号：US17856654

申请日：2022-07-01

Applicant: INERTECH IP LLC

Inventor： Ming Zhang ,  Ken Nguyen ,  Doron Shapiro ,  John Costakis

IPC: F28D7/00 ,  B23K1/00 ,  B23P15/26 ,  F28D1/047 ,  F28D1/053 ,  F28F1/02 ,  F28F1/12 ,  F28F9/013 ,  F28F9/02 ,  F28F21/08 ,  G06F1/20 ,  H05K7/20

CPC classification number: F28D7/0066 ,  B23K1/0012 ,  B23P15/26 ,  F28D1/0478 ,  F28D1/05391 ,  F28F1/022 ,  F28F1/12 ,  F28F1/128 ,  F28F9/013 ,  F28F9/02 ,  F28F21/084 ,  G06F1/20 ,  H05K7/20654 ,  H05K7/2079 ,  F28F2225/08 ,  F28F2275/04 ,  G06F2200/201

Abstract: A cooling system includes a heat exchanger having one or more rows of multiple flat tubes, louvered fins disposed between pairs of flat tubes, and special header tube connections to form a counter flow heat exchanger. Heat exchangers having multiple rows may be placed near or close to the server racks and may be in fluid communication with an outdoor heat exchanger having one or more rows. A single-phase fluid is pumped through a fluid circuit or loop, which includes the heat exchangers at the server racks and the outdoor heat exchanger. The single-phase fluid circuit including the heat exchangers at the IT racks may alternatively be in thermal communication with a water circuit that includes an outdoor fluid cooler. The flat tubes can be formed tubes with one or more channels, or extruded tubes with multiple channels. The heat exchangers include header tubes/connections, which facilitate easy fabrication and connection between rows and inlet/outlet, and lower the pressure drop.

公开(公告)号：US11867426B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US17887192

申请日：2022-08-12

Applicant: Inertech IP LLC

Inventor： John Costakis ,  Ming Zhang ,  Earl Keisling ,  Ken Nguyen

IPC: F24F5/00 ,  F24F11/83 ,  F25B25/00 ,  F25B23/00 ,  F24F11/84 ,  F24F11/85 ,  F24F110/12 ,  F24F140/50 ,  F24F11/46 ,  F24F13/22 ,  F28C1/00

CPC classification number: F24F5/0007 ,  F24F5/001 ,  F24F5/0003 ,  F24F5/0035 ,  F24F11/83 ,  F24F11/84 ,  F24F11/85 ,  F25B23/006 ,  F25B25/00 ,  F25B25/005 ,  F24F11/46 ,  F24F2013/225 ,  F24F2110/12 ,  F24F2140/50 ,  F25B2339/041 ,  F25B2339/047 ,  F25B2700/197 ,  F25B2700/21163 ,  F28C2001/006 ,  Y02B30/54

Abstract: The cooling systems and methods of the present disclosure involve modular fluid coolers and chillers configured for optimal power and water use based on environmental conditions and client requirements. The fluid coolers include wet media, a first fluid circuit for distributing fluid across wet media, an air to fluid heat exchanger, and an air to refrigerant heat exchanger. The chillers, which are fluidly coupled to the fluid coolers via pipe cages, include a second fluid circuit in fluid communication with the air to fluid heat exchanger and a refrigerant circuit in thermal communication with the second fluid circuit and in fluid communication with the air to refrigerant heat exchanger. Pipe cages are coupled together to allow for expansion of the cooling system when additional cooling capacity is needed. The fluid coolers and chillers are configured to selectively operate in wet or dry free cooling mode, partial free cooling mode, or mechanical cooling mode.

公开(公告)号：US20200229323A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-16

申请号：US16741493

申请日：2020-01-13

Applicant: Inertech IP LLC

Inventor： John Costakis ,  Ken Nguyen ,  Ming Zhang ,  Doron Shapiro

IPC: H05K7/20

Abstract: Modular air cooling and distribution systems include a fan and heat exchanger cooling assembly and a controller which controls the fan speed based on temperature and velocity measurements. The cooling assembly includes a fluid-to-air heat exchanger and a variable speed fan. The fluid in the fluid-to-air heat exchanger may be propylene glycol or water. The heat exchanger minimizes pressure drop and maximizes heat transfer. The quantity of cooling assemblies is selected to match the indoor cooling requirements. The cooling assemblies are easily assembled together, stacked vertically, and/or connected horizontally, to match the cooling load. If additional cooling capacity is needed in the future, more cooling assemblies can easily be added, and the cooling assemblies may be expanded vertically and/or horizontally. The speed of the fans of the fan and heat exchanger assemblies are controlled based on fluid temperature and fluid velocity measurements, which may be obtained by an anemometer.

公开(公告)号：US20170268792A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-21

申请号：US15398512

申请日：2017-01-04

Applicant: INERTECH IP LLC

Inventor： John Costakis ,  Ming Zhang ,  Earl Keisling ,  Ken Nguyen

IPC: F24F5/00 ,  F24F11/00

CPC classification number: F24F5/0007 ,  F24F5/0003 ,  F24F5/001 ,  F24F5/0035 ,  F24F11/46 ,  F24F11/83 ,  F24F2013/225 ,  F24F2110/12 ,  F24F2140/50 ,  F25B23/006 ,  F25B25/00 ,  F25B25/005 ,  F25B2339/041 ,  F25B2339/047 ,  F25B2700/197 ,  F25B2700/21163 ,  F28C2001/006 ,  Y02B30/542

Abstract: The cooling systems and methods of the present disclosure involve modular fluid coolers and chillers configured for optimal power and water use based on environmental conditions and client requirements. The fluid coolers include wet media, a first fluid circuit for distributing fluid across wet media, an air to fluid heat exchanger, and an air to refrigerant heat exchanger. The chillers, which are fluidly coupled to the fluid coolers via pipe cages, include a second fluid circuit in fluid communication with the air to fluid heat exchanger and a refrigerant circuit in thermal communication with the second fluid circuit and in fluid communication with the air to refrigerant heat exchanger. Pipe cages are coupled together to allow for expansion of the cooling system when additional cooling capacity is needed. The fluid coolers and chillers are configured to selectively operate in wet or dry free cooling mode, partial free cooling mode, or mechanical cooling mode.