Fuel vaporization using data center waste heat

摘要

Systems and methods are provided for data center cooling by vaporizing fuel using data center waste heat. The systems include, for instance, an electricity-generating assembly, a liquid fuel storage, and a heat transfer system. The electricity-generating assembly generates electricity from a fuel vapor for supply to the data center. The liquid fuel storage is coupled to supply the fuel vapor, and the heat transfer system is associated with the data center and the liquid fuel storage. In an operational mode, the heat transfer system transfers the data center waste heat to the liquid fuel storage to facilitate vaporization of liquid fuel to produce the fuel vapor for supply to the electricity-generating assembly. The system may be implemented with the liquid fuel storage and heat transfer system being the primary fuel vapor source, or a back-up fuel vapor source.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
an electricity-generating assembly to generate electricity from a fuel vapor for supply to a data center, the data center producing data center waste heat; a liquid fuel storage to facilitate supply of the fuel vapor to the electricity-generating assembly; a heat transfer system associated with the data center and the liquid feel storage, wherein in an operational mode, the heat transfer system transfers the data center waste heat to the liquid fuel storage to facilitate vaporization of liquid fuel to produce the fuel vapor for supply to the electricity-generating assembly; wherein in the operational mode, the heat transfer system provides data center cooling by dissipating the data center waste heat at the liquid fuel storage; and wherein the heat transfer system comprises a controller, and the electricity-generating assembly produces generating assembly waste heat, the controller controllably combining in the operational mode the generating assembly waste beat with the data center waste heat for transfer to the liquid fuel storage when additional heat is required to provide a required flow rate of the fuel vapor to the electricity-generating assembly.