Patent Publication Number: US-10765039-B2

Title: Two-phase liquid-vapor computer cooling device

Description:
FIELD 
     Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to the field of cooling devices and methods, and, more particularly, to multi-phase cooling of computer equipment. 
     BACKGROUND 
     The background description provided herein is for the purpose of generally presenting the context of the disclosure. Unless otherwise indicated herein, the materials described in this section are not prior art to the claims in this application and are not admitted to be prior art by inclusion in this section. 
     Increasing power demands from high thermal design power (TDP) processors and other computer components require increased cooling capacity. Legacy cooling solutions in data centers have several limitations, including large air flow requirements and thermal shadowing of parts in a multi-component system. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Embodiments of the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling apparatus and/or method may overcome these limitations. The embodiments will be readily understood by the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. To facilitate this description, like reference numerals designate like structural elements. Embodiments are illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings. 
         FIG. 1  illustrates a schematic view of a two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device, according to various embodiments. 
         FIG. 2  illustrates a schematic view of a two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device with a phase separator, according to various embodiments. 
         FIG. 3  illustrates a schematic top view of a two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device, according to various embodiments. 
         FIG. 4  illustrates a schematic top view of a two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device with a heat exchanger in an inverted-W configuration, according to various embodiments. 
         FIG. 5  illustrates a rack module that includes a two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device, in accordance with various embodiments. 
         FIG. 6  illustrates a schematic view of a compute board, according to various embodiments. 
         FIG. 7  illustrates a rack module that includes a two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device and a node unit arranged in a blade configuration, according to various embodiments. 
         FIG. 8  illustrates a rack system including a rack with rack modules that include two-phase liquid-vapor cooling devices, according to various embodiments. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Embodiments of the present disclosure describe multi-phase cooling of electronic equipment such as processors and voltage regulators in a rack computing system. In various embodiments, a cooling device may include a heat exchanger, an inlet manifold, an outlet manifold, one or more fluid conductors coupled with the heat exchanger, the inlet manifold, and the outlet manifold to carry a multi-phase fluid from the outlet manifold to the inlet manifold through the heat exchanger, and one or more fans to generate a flow of air against the heat exchanger. In some embodiments, the heat exchanger may be arranged in an inverted-V or an inverted-W configuration with respect to the fans. 
     In some embodiments, the cooling device may be disposed in a rack module to cool N (e.g., eight) nodes. In various embodiments, the rack module with the cooling device may be disposed in a rack with M other rack modules, each of which may include a cooling device to cool less than or equal to N nodes such that greater than N but less than or equal to N(1+M) nodes may be cooled by the 1+M rack modules. It should be understood that this illustrates the modularity of the cooling device according to various embodiments, but that the cooling capacity, modularity, and/or scalability may be configured in a different manner in other embodiments. 
     In the following description, various aspects of the illustrative implementations will be described using terms commonly employed by those skilled in the art to convey the substance of their work to others skilled in the art. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that embodiments of the present disclosure may be practiced with only some of the described aspects. For purposes of explanation, specific numbers, materials, and configurations are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the illustrative implementations. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that embodiments of the present disclosure may be practiced without the specific details. In other instances, well-known features are omitted or simplified in order not to obscure the illustrative implementations. 
     In the following detailed description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, wherein like numerals designate like parts throughout, and in which is shown by way of illustration embodiments in which the subject matter of the present disclosure may be practiced. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural or logical changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the following detailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of embodiments is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents. 
     For the purposes of the present disclosure, the phrase “A and/or B” means (A), (B), or (A and B). For the purposes of the present disclosure, the phrase “A, B, and/or C” means (A), (B), (C), (A and B), (A and C), (B and C), or (A, B, and C). 
     The description may use perspective-based descriptions such as top/bottom, in/out, over/under, and the like. Such descriptions are merely used to facilitate the discussion and are not intended to restrict the application of embodiments described herein to any particular orientation. 
     The description may use the phrases “in an embodiment,” or “in embodiments,” which may each refer to one or more of the same or different embodiments. Furthermore, the terms “comprising,” “including,” “having,” and the like, as used with respect to embodiments of the present disclosure, are synonymous. 
       FIG. 1  illustrates a schematic view of a two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100 , according to various embodiments. In embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  may be referred to as a central distribution unit (CDU). In various embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  may use a refrigerant fluid that absorbs heat into the fluid using the heat of vaporization as it travels through one or more devices coupled with the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100 , and dissipates heat by releasing the heat of condensation at the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100 . In some embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  may include an outlet manifold  102 , an inlet manifold  104 , and a heat exchanger  106 . In embodiments, the outlet manifold  102  may include one or more quick disconnects  103  and the inlet manifold  104  may include one or more quick disconnects  105  to connect fluid conductors (e.g., tubing) to the fluid carrying components of compute devices to be cooled. An arrow is shown indicating a direction of fluid flow in operation, according to some embodiments. 
     In various embodiments, a first fluid conductor  108  may carry a multi-phase fluid (e.g., a 2-phase liquid-vapor mixture) from the outlet manifold  102  to the heat exchanger  106 . In some embodiments, the multi-phase fluid may change to a single phase fluid (e.g., a liquid) as it passes through the heat exchanger  106 . In various embodiments, a second fluid conductor  110  may carry the single phase fluid to the inlet manifold  104  after it has passed through the heat exchanger  106 . In some embodiments, the multi-phase fluid from the first fluid conductor  108  may remain as a multi-phase fluid as it passes through the heat exchanger  106 , but the vapor quality level may change. In various embodiments, the liquid and vapor may be separated in a reservoir  114  and only a single phase fluid (e.g., the liquid) may be pumped to the second fluid conductor  110  via one or more pumps  112 . In some embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  may include one or more additional fluid conductors and/or a different number of fluid conductors than shown in  FIG. 1 . In various embodiments, the heat exchanger  106  may be liquid-to-air heat exchanger or a liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger. In some embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  may include one or more fans (not shown for clarity) to generate a flow of air against the heat exchanger  106 . 
     In various embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  may use pumped liquid multi-phase cooling (PLMC) and may include the one or more pumps  112  coupled with one or more fluid conductors (e.g., first fluid conductor  108  and/or second fluid conductor  110 ) to pump the multi-phase fluid from the outlet manifold  102  to the inlet manifold  104  through the heat exchanger  106 . In some embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  may include reservoir  114  that may include a filling port  116 . As shown, the reservoir  114  may be coupled with the heat exchanger  106  and/or the one or more pumps  112 . However, it should be understood that the reservoir  114  may be coupled with other components (e.g., first fluid conductor  108  or second fluid conductor  110 ) in some embodiments. 
     In some embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  may include one or more sensors to sense one or more physical characteristics of the multi-phase fluid. In various embodiments, the one more sensors may include one or more flow meters  118  (e.g., a liquid flow meter) to measure a flow of the multi-phase fluid, one or more pressure sensors  120 , one or more temperature sensors  122 , and/or one or more other types of sensors (e.g., a fluid level sensor at the reservoir  114 , not shown for clarity). In various embodiments, a vapor quality may be directly sensed, or may be calculated based at least in part on one or more sensed physical characteristics (e.g., determined using calculations based at least in part on heat load, mass flow rate, and temperature). In some embodiments, one or more sensors, not shown for clarity, may be located in other locations (e.g., along first fluid conductor  108 , and/or at outlet manifold  102 ). 
     In some embodiments, a controller  126  may control the one or more pumps  112 , the one or more fans, and/or other components of the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  based at least in part on the one or more sensed physical characteristics of the multi-phase fluid. In various embodiments, the controller  126  may be coupled with one or more of the flow meters  118 , pressure sensors  120 , temperature sensors  122 , pumps  112 , fans, other sensors, and/or other components of the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100 . In various embodiments, the one or more sensed physical characteristics may include a flow rate, a vapor quality level, a temperature, and/or some other sensed physical characteristic of the multi-phase fluid. In various embodiments, the controller  126  may calculate a vapor quality level of the multi-phase fluid based at least in part on one or more sensed physical characteristics (e.g., a flow rate and/or a temperature). In various embodiments, the vapor quality level may be calculated by the controller  126  for one or more locations in the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  (e.g., in the first fluid conductor  108 , and/or at the outlet manifold  102 ). In some embodiments, the controller  126  may control the one or more pumps  112 , the one or more fans, and/or other components based at least in part on a sensed flow rate, a calculated or sensed vapor quality level, and/or a sensed temperature. In some embodiments, the controller  126  may control the one or more pumps  112  and/or the one or more fans to maintain a vapor quality of approximately 70% to 80% of the multi-phase fluid in the first fluid conductor  108 . In various embodiments, the controller  126  may control the one or more pumps  112  and/or the one or more fans to maintain a different vapor quality level and/or to maintain a vapor quality level at a different point in the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  (e.g., at the outlet manifold  102 ). The controller  126  may be or may include a microcontroller, a central processing unit, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or any other suitable component in various embodiments. 
     In embodiments, one or more components of the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  may be disposed in a chassis  128 . In various embodiments, the quick disconnects  103  of the outlet manifold  102  and/or the quick disconnects  105  of the inlet manifold  104  may be at the back of the chassis  128 , the front of the chassis  128 , or some other location. The controller  126  is shown inside the chassis  128  as a part of the cooling device  100 , but in other embodiments, the controller  126  and/or some or all functions of the controller  126  may be located separately (e.g., in a rack-level or data center level controller). 
       FIG. 2  illustrates a schematic view of a two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  200  with a phase separator  202 , according to various embodiments. In some embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  200  may include one or more components described with respect to the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  of  FIG. 1  in a first cooling path  204 , as shown. In various embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  200  may also include a second cooling path  206  that may include the phase separator  202 , a compressor  208 , and a capillary  210 . The second cooling path  206  may also include one or more fluid conductors (not labeled for clarity). In some embodiments, the compressor  208  may use a 24 volt power supply (not shown for clarity). 
     In various embodiments, the phase separator  202  may be coupled with the first fluid conductor  108  at a first three-way valve  212  to receive an incoming liquid-vapor mixture from the outlet manifold  102 . The phase separator  202  may separate the incoming liquid-vapor mixture into a vapor (gas) flow and a liquid flow. In some embodiments, the liquid flow may be redirected back to the first fluid conductor  108  at a second three-way valve  214 . In various embodiments, the vapor flow may flow to the compressor  208 . In some embodiments, the compressor  208  may compress the vapor in the vapor flow. In various embodiments, the compressed vapor from the compressor  208  may flow to the capillary  210 . In some embodiments, the capillary  210  may lower a pressure level of the compressed vapor from the compressor  208 . In various embodiments, the capillary  210  may produce a cooled liquid flow that may be combined with liquid flowing in the second fluid conductor  110  at a third three-way valve  216 . 
     In embodiments, the controller  126  may control one or more of the first three-way valve  212 , the second three-way valve  214 , or the third three-way valve  216 . In some embodiments, the second cooling path  206  may not be used until needed. In other embodiments, the second cooling path  206  may remain in continuous operation with the first cooling path  204 . In operation, the controller  126  may determine that additional cooling capacity is needed based at least in part on one or more sensed parameters and/or calculated characteristics (e.g., temperature, pressure, vapor quality) and may actuate the first three-way valve  212  such that some or all of the incoming liquid-vapor mixture from the outlet manifold  102  is routed to the phase separator  202  to activate the second cooling path  206 . In some embodiments, the controller  126  may activate the second cooling path  206  in response to a determination that a demand for cooling power is approaching or exceeding a rated cooling power limit of the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  200  (e.g., 5 or 6 kW). In embodiments, the vapor from the phase separator  202  may continue to the compressor  208  and liquid from the phase separator  202  may be routed to the heat exchanger  106  through the second three-way valve  214 . In embodiments, hot gases (vapor) from the compressor  208  may pass through the capillary  210  where they may be subcooled to a subcooled fluid. The subcooled fluid from the capillary  210  may then be mixed with incoming fluid from the heat exchanger  106  by routing it through the third three-way valve  216 . In some embodiments, the subcooled fluid from the capillary  210  may be routed in front of one or more nodes (e.g., servers, computing devices, memory devices, storage devices, network devices) or in front of fans of the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  200  to cool the air before it passes into the nodes or the cooling device  200 . 
     In various embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  described with respect to  FIG. 1  and/or the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  200  described with respect to  FIG. 2  may be charged with a vaporizable dielectric refrigerant. In embodiments, filling may occur at a filling port (e.g., filling port  116 ) or may occur using one or more connections of the outlet manifold  102  and/or the inlet manifold  104  (e.g., quick disconnects  103  or  105 ). In some embodiments, the refrigerant may be a refrigerant fluid such as R134, HFO 1234yf, or any other suitable refrigerant fluid or mixture of refrigerant fluids. In various embodiments, use of a vaporizable dielectric refrigerant may allow for the use of aluminum parts such as cold plates and/or the use of both aluminum and copper parts in the same cooling system. The use of aluminum parts in some embodiments may reduce the weight and cost of the cooling solution compared to typical legacy single phase cooling approaches. Additionally, use of a vaporizable dielectric refrigerant may reduce the need for leak and/or condensation control because the fluid is highly dielectric and vaporizes in ambient conditions, reducing the threat of damage to electronics in various embodiments. 
     In various embodiments, some or all components of the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  and/or the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  200  may be joined together (e.g., by brazing or another technique), further reducing leak risk and increasing reliability. In embodiments, some or all components (e.g., pumps  112 , fluid conductors  108 ,  110 ) of the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  and/or the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  200  may be able to withstand temperatures up to approximately 120 degrees Celsius. Components may have different temperature ratings in other embodiments. 
       FIG. 3  illustrates a schematic top view of a two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  300 , according to various embodiments. In some embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  300  may include a chassis  302 . In various embodiments, the chassis  302  may enclose and/or be coupled with some or all of the components of the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  described with respect to  FIG. 1 , or the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  200  described with respect to  FIG. 2 , although not all such components are shown in  FIG. 3  for clarity. Arrows are shown indicating a direction of fluid flow in operation, according to some embodiments. In some embodiments, the heat exchanger  106  may have a first section  304  and a second section  306  arranged in an inverted-V configuration with respect to one or more fans  308 . 
     In some embodiments, the inverted-V configuration may be structured such that a first end of the first section  304  and a first end of the second section  306  (e.g., the ends shown proximate the second fluid conductor  110 ) are farther away from a front of the two-phase liquid vapor cooling device  300  than a second end of the first section  304  and a second end of the second section  306 . Although the first section  304  and the second section  306  are shown to be of approximately equal length, in other embodiments, they may have different lengths and/or a different angle between them. Although the second end of the first section  304  and the second end of the second section  306  are shown to terminate at approximately the same distance from the front of the two-phase liquid vapor cooling device  300 , it should be understood that they may be positioned at different distances from the front of the two-phase liquid vapor cooling device  300  in other embodiments. In various embodiments, a total length of the first section  304  in combination with the second section  306  may be greater than a width of the two-phase liquid vapor cooling device  300 . Although the first section  304  and the second section  306  are shown to be in an inverted-V configuration, it should be understood than any suitable configuration may be used in various embodiments. 
     Although the first section  304  and the second section  306  are shown as being separated for clarity, it should be understood that fluid may flow between the sections from the first section  304  to the second section  306  during operation. In some embodiments, the one or more fans  308  may be 60 millimeter (mm) fans or 80 mm fans, but it should be understood than any suitable size fan may be included. In embodiments, at least one additional fan may be included than is needed to achieve a predetermined cooling effect to provide redundancy of at least N+1, where N is the number of fans needed to achieve the predetermined cooling effect. In various embodiments, N+1 redundancy may be included for one or more other types of components (e.g., pumps  112 ) where N is the number of the respective component needed to achieve the predetermined cooling effect. Arrows through the fans are shown to indicate a direction of airflow in operation, according to some embodiments. 
       FIG. 4  illustrates a schematic top view of a two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  400 , according to various embodiments. In some embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  400  may be structured in similar fashion to that described with respect to the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  300  of  FIG. 3  and/or may include some or all of the components of the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  described with respect to  FIG. 1 , or the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  200  described with respect to  FIG. 2 , although not all such components are shown in  FIG. 4  for clarity. Arrows are shown indicating a direction of fluid flow in operation, according to some embodiments. In various embodiments, the heat exchanger  106  of the two-phase liquid vapor cooling device  400  may be arranged in an inverted-W configuration with respect to fans  308 . In some embodiments, the inverted-W configuration may include a first inverted-V section  402  and a second inverted-V section  404 . Although the sections of the inverted-W are not shown as being fully connected for clarity, it should be understood that fluid may flow through the heat exchanger  106  from the outlet manifold  102  to the reservoir  114  during operation. The lengths of the segments of the heat exchanger  106  making up the inverted-W configuration may differ and/or the angles between them may differ in various embodiments. The heat exchanger  106  may be arranged in different configurations in other embodiments, such as by having one or more additional inverted-V sections, for example. In some embodiments, some or all of the fans  308  may not be present and/or the heat exchanger  106  may be a liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger rather than a liquid-to-air heat exchanger. Arrows through the fans are shown to indicate a direction of airflow in operation, according to some embodiments. 
       FIG. 5  illustrates a rack module  500  that includes a two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  502 , in accordance with various embodiments. In some embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  502  may correspond to the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  of  FIG. 1 , the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  200  of  FIG. 2 , the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  300  of  FIG. 3 , or the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  400  of  FIG. 4 . In various embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  502  may have a chassis  504  with a width  505  of approximately 19 inches or approximately 23 inches and a height  507  of approximately 2 rack units (U). In some embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  502  may include a first node unit  506  and a second node unit  508 . Although the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  502  is shown between the first node unit  506  and the second node unit  508 , it should be understood that other embodiments may have a different configuration (e.g., CDU  502  below node units  506  and  508 ). It should also be understood that other embodiments may have a different height, width, or other dimension. 
     In some embodiments, the first node unit  506  may include four computing devices  510  (e.g., compute nodes on half-width compute boards) and the second node unit  508  may include four computing devices  512 . In various embodiments, the first node unit  506  and/or the second node unit  508  may include other types of nodes and/or devices (e.g., memory devices, storage devices, network devices) instead of or in addition to computing devices  510  and/or computing devices  512 . In some embodiments, one or more nodes of the first node unit  506  and/or the second node unit  508  may be a blade, a sled, a tray, and/or arranged in a blade, sled, tray, or any other suitable configuration. In some embodiments, one or more nodes of the first node unit  506  and/or the second node unit  508  may include disaggregated components (e.g., compute, memory, storage, acceleration, and/or networking) in a rack scale design. In various embodiments, one or more nodes of the first node unit  506  and/or the second node unit  508  may include heterogenous devices that include more than one type of component (e.g., servers with compute, memory, and storage components). In some embodiments, the first node unit  506  may include a first power supply  514  to power the computing devices  510  and the second node unit  508  may include a second power supply  516  to power the computing devices  512 . In various embodiments, the first node unit  506  and/or the second node unit  508  may be disposed in the chassis  504 . In some embodiments, the first node unit  506  and/or the second node unit  508  may be disposed in one or more chassis different from the chassis  504 . In some embodiments, the first node unit  506  may have a height  518  of approximately 2 U and/or the second node unit  508  may have a height  520  of approximately 2 U. The same or different types of computing nodes may be used for each of the computing devices  510  and/or the computing devices  512  in various embodiments. 
       FIG. 6  illustrates a schematic view of a compute board  600 , according to various embodiments. In some embodiments, the compute board  600  may include a half width board  602 . In various embodiments, the compute board  600  may include one or more processors  604  (e.g., a central processing unit (CPU) that may be a high TDP CPU, a graphics processing unit (GPU), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a microcontroller, or some other type of processor). The one or more processors  604  may be implemented as integrated circuits having multi-cores, (e.g., multi-core microprocessors). The compute board  600  may also include one or more memory devices  606 , one or more voltage regulators (VRs)  608 , one or more peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) cards  610 , and/or one or more other components (e.g., one or more mass storage devices, communication interfaces, and/or input/output devices). 
     In some embodiments, one or more cold plates (not shown for clarity) may be included on the compute board  600  or may be adjacent to the compute board  600  to contact and provide heat conduction away from one or more of the components (e.g., processors  604 , VRs  608 , and/or other components) on the compute board  600 . In various embodiments, the one or more cold plates may be coupled with one or more fluid conductors. In some embodiments, the one or more fluid conductors may include an inlet fluid conductor  612  to receive cooled fluid and an outlet fluid conductor  614  that carries fluid heated and/or changed in vapor quality level by absorbing heat from the components of the compute board  600 . In some embodiments, the one or more fluid conductors may be adjacent to the compute board  600  rather than a part of the compute board  600 . In some embodiments other types of conduction cooled components may be included in addition to, or instead of, cold plates. 
     In some embodiments, the compute board  600  may correspond to one or more of the computing devices  510  or the computing devices  512  in the first node unit  506  and/or the second node unit  508  of the rack module  500 . In some embodiments, the outlet fluid conductor  614  may be coupled with a quick disconnect (e.g., a quick disconnect  103 ) on an outlet manifold (e.g., outlet manifold  102 ) of the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  502  and the inlet fluid conductor  612  may be coupled with a quick disconnect (e.g., a quick disconnect  105 ) on an inlet manifold (e.g., inlet manifold  104 ) of the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  502 . In some embodiments, the compute board  600  may include one or more fans  616  that may provide additional cooling (e.g., for components not coupled with a cold plate). During operation in some embodiments, the inlet fluid temperature at the inlet fluid conductor  612  may be as high as approximately 60 to 65 degrees Celsius while still meeting processor thermal requirements and other component temperature ratings. The typical and/or maximum inlet fluid temperature may be different in various embodiments. In some embodiments, components of the cooling devices, cold plates, and/or fluid conductors may be able to withstand temperatures of approximately 120 degrees Celsius. Other embodiments may have different component temperature ratings. 
       FIG. 7  illustrates a rack module  700  that includes a two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  702  and a node unit  704  arranged in a blade configuration, according to various embodiments. In some embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  702  may correspond to the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  of  FIG. 1 , the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  200  of  FIG. 2 , the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  300  of  FIG. 3 , or the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  400  of  FIG. 4 . In various embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  702  may have a chassis  706  with a width  708  of approximately 19 inches or approximately 23 inches. In some embodiments, the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  702  may have a height  710  of approximately 2 U. In embodiments, the node unit  704  may include eight computing devices  712  that may be arranged in a blade configuration with eight node trays. It should be understood that a different number of computing devices and/or a different configuration may be included in other embodiments. It should also be understood that the node unit  704  may include other types of devices (e.g., memory devices, storage devices, network devices) instead of or in addition to computing devices  712  in various embodiments. In some embodiments, one or more of the computing devices  712  may include one or more components corresponding to the components of the compute board  600  described with respect to  FIG. 6 . In some embodiments, the node unit  704  may have a height  714  of approximately 4 U. In various embodiments, the node unit  704  may be disposed in the chassis  706  and the chassis  706  may have a total height of approximately 6 U. In some embodiments, the node unit  704  may be disposed in one or more chassis different from the chassis  706  and the chassis  706  may have a height of approximately 2 U. 
     Although the CDUs (two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  502 , two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  702 ) shown and described with respect to  FIGS. 5 and 7  illustrate modules having a height of 6 U (4 U compute+2 U CDU), it should be understood that embodiments are not limited to either a 6 U form factor or a 2 U CDU. In various embodiments, the CDUs may be used to cool high TDP processors arranged in series with respect to a flow of refrigerant fluid. In embodiments, there may be little or no preheat from one processor to another, reducing the effect of thermal shadowing, due to the use of the 2-phase approach using the heat of vaporization to absorb heat and maintain temperature. This may reduce parallel flow paths for high TDP processors, which may allow for a simplified flow network and reduced pumping power in various embodiments compared to typical legacy approaches. 
       FIG. 8  illustrates a rack system  800  including a rack  802  with rack modules  804  that include two-phase liquid-vapor cooling devices, according to various embodiments. In some embodiments, the rack modules  804  may include one or more of the rack modules  500  described with respect to  FIG. 5  and/or the rack modules  700  described with respect to  FIG. 7 . In various embodiments, the rack system  800  may include one or more other types of modules such as an accessory box  806  that may be enclosed in the rack  802 . In some embodiments, each of the rack modules  500  or the rack modules  700  may be modular and/or scalable such that they may each be configured to cool N nodes (e.g., computing devices  510 , computing devices  512 , computing devices  712 , memory devices, storage device, network devices) when disposed in the rack  802  with M other rack modules (the other rack modules  804 ) to cool greater than N but less than or equal to N(1+M) nodes in total. In other embodiments, the cooling capacity, modularity, and/or scalability may be configured in a different manner. In some embodiments, the rack system  800  may be configured with a disaggregated rack scale design that may include one or more separate compute, memory, storage, acceleration, network, and/or other components. In various embodiments, the rack modules  804  may cool one or more or the disaggregated components. In some embodiments, the rack system  800  may include heterogenous devices that have more than one type of component (e.g., heterogenous servers with compute, memory, and storage components), and/or the rack modules  800  may cool one or more components of the heterogenous devices. 
     In various embodiments, components of the rack system  800  may provide for cooling of high TDP processors in series, with the same case or junction temperature at a higher inlet fluid temperature than typical legacy approaches. In some embodiments, components of the rack system  800  may support continuous Turbo mode, each rack module  804  may provide for approximately 5-6 kilowatts (kW) of in rack liquid-to-air cooling in existing air cooled datacenters, and may be scalable to an air cooled rack of approximately 45 kW with green field rack level airflow boundary conditions for the rack system  800 . Although embodiments have been described in relation to rack modules and a rack system that includes a rack, it should be understood that the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  100  of  FIG. 1 , the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  200  of  FIG. 2 , the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  300  of  FIG. 3 , the two-phase liquid-vapor cooling device  400  of  FIG. 4 , and/or other components described with respect to those or other figures may be used in other contexts and/or use cases in some embodiments (e.g., in an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle, or in a high performance computing (HPC) device having some other type of configuration). 
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     Example 1 may include a cooling device comprising: a heat exchanger; an inlet manifold; an outlet manifold; one or more fluid conductors coupled with the heat exchanger, the inlet manifold, and the outlet manifold to carry a two-phase fluid from the outlet manifold to the inlet manifold through the heat exchanger; and one or more fans to generate a flow of air against the heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger is arranged in an inverted-V formation or an inverted-W formation in relation to the one or more fans. 
     Example 2 may include the subject matter of Example 1, further comprising: a phase separator coupled with the inlet manifold to separate a liquid phase and a vapor phase of the 2-phase liquid-vapor mixture; and a compressor coupled with the phase separator to compress vapor from the phase separator. 
     Example 3 may include the subject matter of Example 2, further comprising: a capillary coupled with the compressor to lower a pressure level of compressed vapor from the compressor; and one or more three-way valves coupled with one or more of the phase separator and the capillary. 
     Example 4 may include the subject matter of any one of Examples 1-3, further comprising: a sensor to sense a physical characteristic of the two-phase liquid-vapor mixture; one or more pumps coupled with one or more of the one or more fluid conductors to pump the two-phase liquid-vapor mixture; and a controller to control the one or more pumps and the one or more fans based at least in part on the physical characteristic. 
     Example 5 may include the subject matter of Example 4, wherein the physical characteristic is a flow rate or a temperature of the two-phase liquid-vapor mixture. 
     Example 6 may include the subject matter of Example 5, wherein the controller is to calculate a vapor quality level of the two-phase liquid-vapor mixture based at least in part on the physical characteristic and the controller is to control the one or more pumps and the one or more fans to maintain the vapor quality level within a predetermined range. 
     Example 7 may include the subject matter of any one of Examples 1-6, further comprising a refrigerant fluid in the one or more fluid conductors. 
     Example 8 may include the subject matter of Example 7, wherein the refrigerant fluid is R134a or HFO 1234yf. 
     Example 9 may include the subject matter of any one of Examples 1-8, further comprising a reservoir coupled with one or more of the one or more fluid conductors. 
     Example 10 may include a rack module comprising: a cooling unit that includes: a heat exchanger; one or more fluid conductors coupled with the heat exchanger to carry a multi-phase fluid to be received from N nodes through the heat exchanger; and one or more fans to generate a flow of air against the heat exchanger; and a chassis, wherein the cooling unit is disposed in the chassis, and wherein the rack module is to cool the N nodes, and is to be disposed in a rack with M other rack modules to cool greater than N but less than or equal to N(1+M) nodes. 
     Example 11 may include the subject matter of Example 10, wherein the chassis has a width of approximately 19 inches or approximately 23 inches. 
     Example 12 may include the subject matter of any one of Examples 10-11, wherein the heat exchanger is arranged in the chassis in an inverted-V formation or an inverted-W formation in relation to the one or more fans. 
     Example 13 may include the subject matter of any one of Examples 10-12, wherein the multi-phase fluid is a 2-phase liquid-vapor mixture and the rack module further comprises: a phase separator coupled with the inlet manifold to separate a liquid phase and a vapor phase of the 2-phase liquid-vapor mixture; and a compressor coupled with the phase separator to compress vapor from the phase separator, wherein the phase separator and the compressor are disposed in the chassis. 
     Example 14 may include the subject matter of any one of Examples 10-13, further comprising a refrigerant fluid in the one or more fluid conductors. 
     Example 15 may include the subject matter of any one of Examples 10-14, wherein the cooling unit further includes: an inlet manifold; an outlet manifold; and one or more quick disconnects on the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold, wherein the one or more fluid conductors are to carry the multi-phase fluid from the outlet manifold to the inlet manifold through the heat exchanger. 
     Example 16 may include the subject matter of any one of Examples 10-15, further comprising one or more node units disposed in the chassis. 
     Example 17 may include the subject matter of Example 16, wherein the one or more node units include a plurality of computing devices arranged in a blade configuration with a height of approximately 4 rack units (U), wherein the chassis has a height of approximately 6 U. 
     Example 18 may include the subject matter of Example 16, wherein the one or more node units include: a first node unit having 4 nodes; and a second node unit having 4 nodes, wherein the first node unit has a height of approximately 2 U, the second node unit has a height of approximately 2 U, the cooling unit has a height of approximately 2 U, and the chassis has a height of approximately 6 U. 
     Example 19 may include a rack system comprising: a rack; a set of nodes disposed in the rack; and a cooling module that includes: a cooling unit to cool the set of nodes having: a heat exchanger; one or more fluid conductors coupled with the heat exchanger to carry a two-phase liquid-vapor mixture through the heat exchanger; and one more fans to generate a flow of air against the heat exchanger; and a chassis, wherein the cooling unit is disposed in the chassis and the chassis is disposed in the rack. 
     Example 20 may include the subject matter of Example 19, wherein the cooling module is a first cooling module, the set of nodes is a first set of nodes, and the rack system further comprises: one or more additional sets of nodes disposed in the rack; and one or more additional cooling modules to cool the one or more additional sets of nodes, wherein the one or more additional cooling modules each include: a cooling unit having: a heat exchanger; one or more fluid conductors coupled with the heat exchanger to carry a two-phase liquid-vapor mixture through the heat exchanger; and one or more fans to generate a flow of air against the heat exchanger; and a chassis, wherein the cooling unit is disposed in the chassis and the chassis is disposed in the rack such that two or more cooling modules are disposed in the rack. 
     Example 21 may include the subject matter of Example 20, wherein the rack is to receive modules with a width of approximately 19 inches or approximately 23 inches and the two or more cooling modules have a width of approximately 19 inches or approximately 23 inches. 
     Example 22 may include the subject matter of any one of Examples 20-21, wherein each cooling unit of the two or more computer cooling modules has a height of approximately 2 rack units (U). 
     Example 23 may include the subject matter of any one of Examples 20-22, wherein each cooling unit further includes: an inlet manifold; and an outlet manifold, wherein: the first set of nodes is disposed in a first computer device unit coupled with the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold of a first one of the two or more cooling modules; a second set of nodes of the one or more additional sets of nodes is disposed in a second computer device unit coupled with the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold of a second one of the two or more cooling modules; and the first computer device unit and the second computer device units are disposed in the rack. 
     Example 24 may include the subject matter of Example 23, wherein the first computer device unit is disposed in the chassis of the first cooling module. 
     Example 25 may include the subject matter of any one of Examples 23-24, wherein the first computer device unit is arranged in a blade configuration and has a height of approximately 4 U. 
     Various embodiments may include any suitable combination of the above-described embodiments including alternative (or) embodiments of embodiments that are described in conjunctive form (and) above (e.g., the “and” may be “and/or”). Furthermore, some embodiments may include one or more articles of manufacture (e.g., non-transitory computer-readable media) having instructions, stored thereon, that when executed result in actions of any of the above-described embodiments. Moreover, some embodiments may include apparatuses or systems having any suitable means for carrying out the various operations of the above-described embodiments. 
     The above description of illustrated implementations of the present specification, including what is described in the Abstract, is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the specification to the precise forms disclosed. While specific implementations of, and examples for, the present specification are described herein for illustrative purposes, various equivalent modifications are possible within the scope of the specification, as those skilled in the relevant art will recognize. 
     These modifications may be made to the disclosed embodiments in light of the above detailed description. The terms used in the following claims should not be construed to limit the present specification to the specific implementations disclosed in the specification and the claims. Rather, the scope of the present specification is to be determined entirely by the following claims, which are to be construed in accordance with established doctrines of claim interpretation.