MODULAR ICE STORAGE FOR UNINTERRUPTIBLE CHILLED WATER
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Abstract
A backup cooling storage system comprising at least one cooling and storage unit configured to cool a liquid supply using a quantity of cooled material when a main chiller of the liquid supply is not operational, and at least one chilling element configured to generate the quantity of cooled material for the at least one cooling and storage unit when the main chiller of the liquid supply is operational. Additional embodiments and methods are further disclosed.
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52 Claims
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1-26. -26. (canceled)
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27. A cooling system comprising:
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at least one cooling unit configured to cool a portion of a data center; a main chilling unit separate from the at least one cooling unit and configured to cool a liquid supply in fluid communication with the at least one cooling unit, the arrangement being such that the main chilling unit is configured to supply cool liquid to the at least one cooling unit and receive warm liquid from the at least one cooling unit; and at least one backup cooling unit configured to generate and maintain a quantity of cooled material using the liquid supply when the main chilling unit is operational and configured to cool the liquid supply using the quantity of cooled material when the main chilling unit is not operational, the at least one backup cooling unit includes at least one chiller configured to further cool at least a portion of the liquid supply to generate and maintain the quantity of cooled material when the main chilling unit is operational, wherein the at least one chiller includes at least one thermoelectric chiller. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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33-34. -34. (canceled)
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40. A method of supplying emergency cooling to a cooling system of the type having at least one cooling unit, a main chiller separate from the at least one cooling unit, and at least one backup cooling unit, the method comprising acts of:
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A) providing continuous cooling of the at least one cooling unit by the main chiller when the main chiller is operational; B) maintaining a quantity of stored cooled material using a liquid supply from the main chiller when the main chiller is operational; and C) cooling the liquid supply using the quantity of stored cooled material when the main chiller is not operational. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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