Endothermic Reaction Apparatus for Removing Excess Heat in a Datacenter

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention generally provide for a system that removes excess thermal energy from a datacenter. In one embodiment, the system includes a modular holding container with highly thermally conductive surfaces capable of installation in any of multiple receiving points of the datacenter. Two substances are released into the holding container and are mixed creating a liquid solution and causing an endothermic reaction. The resulting reaction transfers thermal energy from the datacenter air to the new solution. The liquid solution is then pumped out of the datacenter, where it can be passed through a dialyzing membrane or an evaporation chamber, which separates the liquid solution into its two original substances.

1 . A datacenter system comprising:
 a transport piping system including a dedicated first substance transport, a dedicated second substance transport, and a dedicated cooling solution transport;   a plurality of holding container receiving points at different locations within said datacenter, each holding container receiving point comprising a respective first socket connected to said first substance transport, a respective second socket connected to said second substance transport, and a respective third socket connected to said cooling solution transport, each socket having a respective redundant seal which prevents fluid from exiting the transport piping system when no device is connected to the corresponding holding container receiving point;   a modular holding container connectable to any of said holding container receiving points, said modular holding container comprising a first connector for coupling to a respective first socket of a holding container receiving point, a second connector for coupling to a respective second socket of a holding container receiving point, and a third connector for coupling to a respective third socket of a holding container receiving point, said modular holding container configured to mix a first substance received from said first substance transport and a second substance received from said second substance transport to form a cooling solution, wherein the combination of the first substance and the second substance creates an endothermic reaction; and   a separation unit coupled to the transport piping system, the separation unit configured to receive said cooling solution from said modular holding container via said dedicated cooling solution transport, to separate the cooling solution into the first substance and the second substance, and to provide the first and second substances to the modular holding container via the first substance transport and the second substance transport, respectively.   
     
     
         2 . The datacenter system of  claim 1 , further comprising a pump configured to maintain cooling solution circulation and pressure. 
     
     
         3 . The datacenter system of  claim 1 , wherein the separation unit comprises a dialyzing membrane configured to separate the cooling solution into the first substance and the second substance. 
     
     
         4 . The datacenter system of  claim 1 , wherein the separation unit comprises an evaporation chamber for evaporating said first substance, said first substance being water. 
     
     
         5 . The datacenter system of  claim 1 , wherein the holding container is designed to maximize surface area. 
     
     
         6 . The datacenter system of  claim 1 , wherein the holding container is composed of a thermally conductive material selected from a group consisting of copper and aluminum. 
     
     
         7 . The datacenter system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a computer:
 wherein the computer is coupled to one or more CRAC units cooling a datacenter including the datacenter system; 
 wherein the computer is coupled to one or more pumps configured to circulate the cooling solution; and 
 wherein the computer is configured to control cooling solution circulation via the one or more pumps based on CRAC status data received from the one or more CRAC units. 
   
     
     
         8 . The datacenter system of  claim 7 , wherein the computer is further configured to initiate cooling solution circulation if the CRAC status data indicates that CRAC usage is above a predefined threshold. 
     
     
         9 . The datacenter system of  claim 7 , wherein the computer is further configured to initiate cooling solution circulation if CRAC status data indicates that at least one of the one or more CRAC units has failed. 
     
     
         10 . The datacenter system of  claim 1 , wherein the separation unit is a modular unit and is detachably coupled to the transport piping system. 
     
     
         11 . The datacenter system of  claim 1 , further comprising a computer configured to receive temperature data about the datacenter and to recommend the holding container receiving points for connecting one or more of the holding containers based on identified high temperature areas in the datacenter.