Patent ID: 8424336
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: F25D,H05K

Abstract:
1. A cooling system comprising: 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.