Patent ID: 8240165
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: F28D,F28F,H05K

Abstract:
1. A cooling system for an electronics cabinet comprising: at least one fluid closed-loop cooling circuit serving at least one heat generating component within an electronics cabinet; a closed-loop heat exchanger in said at least one closed-loop cooling circuit; a fluid-fluid heat exchanger in a host cooling circuit; said fluid-fluid heat exchanger connected by quick-disconnect fittings to said at least one closed-loop cooling circuit, said fluid-fluid heat exchanger supporting heat transfer between fluid of said at least one closed-loop cooling circuit and said host cooling circuit; and supply and return fluid flow lines connected to said fluid-fluid heat exchanger through which cooling fluid is shunted through only said at least one closed-loop cooling circuit only when said quick-disconnect fittings are open, wherein cooling fluid is shunted through a bypass line when said quick-disconnect fittings are open, whereby fluid flow in said closed-loop cooling circuit is maintained, said shunting comprising first and second inflow valves, first and second outflow valves, and input and output bypass lines, whereby alternate flow paths are employed when said quick-disconnect fittings are open and closed.