Electronics rack with liquid-coolant-driven, electricity-generating system

US9045995B2 · US · B2

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FieldValue
Publication numberUS-9045995-B2
Application numberUS-201113103233-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMay 9, 2011
Priority dateMay 9, 2011
Publication dateJun 2, 2015
Grant dateJun 2, 2015

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Abstract

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An electronics rack with a cooling apparatus and a liquid-coolant-driven, electricity-generating system. The generating system includes a housing coupled in fluid communication with a fluid transport pipe of the cooling apparatus, an impeller disposed within the housing and positioned to turn with flow of fluid across the impeller, one or more magnetic structures disposed to turn with turning of the impeller, and an electrical circuit. Electricity is generated for the electrical circuit with turning of the one or more magnetic structures, and is supplied to an electrical load disposed within or associated with the electronics rack.

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What is claimed is: 1. A system comprising: an electronics rack comprising multiple electronic subsystems to be cooled and having an air inlet side and an air outlet side respectively enabling ingress and egress of air through the electronics rack; a cooling apparatus associated with the electronics rack, the cooling apparatus comprising: at least one liquid coolant loop, the at least one liquid, coolant loop comprising a liquid coolant transport pipe; at least one liquid coo…

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  • Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

  • F01D15/10Primary

    Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

  • F03B13/00Primary

    Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

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What does patent US9045995B2 cover?
An electronics rack with a cooling apparatus and a liquid-coolant-driven, electricity-generating system. The generating system includes a housing coupled in fluid communication with a fluid transport pipe of the cooling apparatus, an impeller disposed within the housing and positioned to turn with flow of fluid across the impeller, one or more magnetic structures disposed to turn with turning o…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Graybill David P, Hoeft Allan R, Iyengar Madhusudan K, and 5 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification F01D15/10. Mapped technology areas include Mechanical Engineering.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jun 02 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).