US 12,222,781 B2
Heating system using heat extracted from a computer processing unit
Stephane Gauthier, La Broquerie (CA); Oscar Miller, Steinbach (CA); Hartley Torrealba, Richmond (CA); and Anna Le Wong, Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to 10130163 Manitoba Ltd., La Broquerie (CA)
Filed by Stephane Gauthier, La Broquerie (CA); Oscar Miller, Steinbach (CA); Hartley Torrealba, Richmond (CA); and Anna Le Wong, Vancouver (CA)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/209,716.
Application 17/209,716 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/CA2020/050600, filed on May 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. CA 3042519 (CA), filed on May 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0271299 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 1/20 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/20 (2013.01) [H05K 7/20236 (2013.01); H05K 7/20272 (2013.01); G06F 2200/201 (2013.01); Y02B 30/52 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for heating comprising:
generating a stream of a heat transfer liquid;
passing the heat transfer liquid through a heat source so that the heat source is able to apply heat to the heat transfer liquid;
passing the heat transfer liquid through one or more heat dissipating loads to transfer heat from the heat transfer liquid to said one or more loads;
providing in a tank a cooling liquid formed of a dielectric material;
the tank containing a plurality of computer processing units, each comprising at least one computer processing board carrying electrical components which operates to carry out computer processing operations while generating heat;
causing the cooling liquid to pass through the tank while causing cooling of the computer processing units so that the liquid is heated while cooling the computer processing units so as generate a first stream of cool liquid upstream of the heating of the liquid and a second stream of heated liquid downstream of the heating;
circulating the cooling liquid from the second stream through a refrigeration cycle heat pump to the first stream so that the heat pump extracts heat from the second stream to return to the first stream;
the heat pump transferring the extracted heat from the cooling liquid to the heat transfer liquid so that the heat transfer liquid passes from an inlet stream entering the heat pump to an exit stream leaving the heat pump and so that the heat transfer liquid passes both through the heat source and the heat pump for receiving heat from both.
 
17. A method for heating comprising:
generating a stream of a heat transfer liquid;
passing the heat transfer liquid through one or more heat dissipating loads to transfer heat from the heat transfer liquid to said one or more loads;
providing in a tank a cooling liquid formed of a dielectric material;
the tank containing a plurality of computer processing units, each comprising at least one computer processing board carrying electrical components which operates to carry out computer processing operations while generating heat;
causing the cooling liquid to pass through the tank while causing cooling of the computer processing units so that the cooling liquid is heated while cooling the computer processing units so as generate a first stream of cool liquid upstream of the heating of the liquid and a second stream of heated liquid downstream of the heating;
circulating the cooling liquid from the second stream through a heat pump to the first stream so that the heat pump extracts heat from the second stream to return to the first stream;
the heat pump transferring the extracted heat from the cooling liquid to the heat transfer liquid so that the heat transfer liquid passes from an inlet stream entering the heat pump to an exit stream leaving the heat pump;
wherein the temperature in the second stream of the cooling liquid is less than 60 degrees C. and the temperature in the exit stream of the heat transfer liquid is greater than 70 degrees C..