Refrigeration – Structural installation – With electrical component cooling
Patent
1997-06-20
1999-01-19
Doerrler, William
Refrigeration
Structural installation
With electrical component cooling
361692, F25D 2312, H05K 720
Patent
active
058602917
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for cooling components within a housing, such as those of a computer system. Multiple chambers are created within the housing, each having at least one cooling fan and a corresponding air inlet. These chambers are segregated by an internal divider or baffle element which effectively eliminates airflow between the chambers. Cooling fans within the housing are utilized as exhaust fans such that, in conjunction with the effect of the baffle element, substantially linear airflow is maintained within each chamber. Certain critical heat-producing components of the system are placed in proximity to the air inlets in each chamber, thereby maximizing the cooling of the components for a given fan rating and inlet air temperature, and increasing cooling system efficiency by substantially reducing the cooling of components that are insensitive to heat.
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Boe Craig L.
Johnson Greg P.
Larsen Rick
Doerrler William
Micron Electronics Inc.
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