Patent ID: 8051675

Claim:
A thermal system, comprising: a test system rack having a top and a floor; a pump for pumping refrigerant and located near the floor of the test system rack; an evaporator cluster having at least one input port coupled to the pump for receiving the refrigerant; a condenser located at the top of the test system rack, the condenser having an input port coupled to the evaporator cluster for receiving a portion of the refrigerant that is pumped by the pump and including an output port; the condenser is not used to store the refrigerant; and a vapor and liquid separation storage column located below the condenser, extending substantially from the top to the floor of the test system rack, and coupled between the condenser and pump and including a refrigerant input port directly coupled to the condenser output port, the vapor and liquid separation storage column including a refrigerant output port directly connected to an input port of the pump for providing the refrigerant in a liquid state to the pump.