Patent ID: 8655501

Claim:
A cooling assist module (CAM) configured to remove heat from a computer, return the heat to the CAM, and reject the heat to air in the CAM, comprising: an air cooled heat exchanger having a surface area configured to reject heat from a single liquid phase thermally conductive liquid to ambient air in the CAM; two or more fans configured in an automatically redundant arrangement wherein at least a second fan is configured to automatically start operating upon at least a first fan ceasing to operate to selectively and controllably move the air through the CAM; two or more pumps configured in an automatically redundant arrangement wherein at least a second pump is configured to automatically start operating upon at least a first pump ceasing to operate to selectively and controllably circulate the liquid in a path including the CAM and one or more computers, the liquid being provided at less than 25 psi; one or more lossless connectors configured to accept a conveying apparatus for detachably connecting the CAM to the computers; a leak containment component configured to contain the liquid upon a leak from the heat exchanger or the pumps; logic configured to monitor the fans based on air temperature and flow and selectively control the fans to facilitate controlling one or a combination of CAM noise, CAM power consumption, and CAM heat transfer rate; and the CAM being in liquid communication with a plug in card, the plug in card being configured to plug into the computer configured with one or more plug in slots, the CAM being external to the computer, the computer being configured with a heat relocation device that extends from a heat source in the server to a region associated with the plug in slots wherein a portion of the heat relocation device in the region associated with the plug in slots will be cooled by the plug in card.