Project Amphitrite - A fully submerged, oil cooled enclousure

[1461748123]

How are you going to seal the PSU cutout in the side wall? Are you going to flip it and route to a port up top?

Yep thats what I'm going to do, using extension cables

 

[Cutie DarkFae]

I assume you're going to remove the PSU fan, given that it's built to push air around, not a more viscous fluid like oil. How will you stop the PSU from assuming there's a fan failure and powering off?

 

[1461748123]

I assume you're going to remove the PSU fan, given that it's built to push air around, not a more viscous fluid like oil. How will you stop the PSU from assuming there's a fan failure and powering off?

From my research there is really no need to remove fans. It will definitely spin slower, but it won't do any damage to the fan at all since they have electric motors, which really just use magnets to move things around

 

[BirdofPrey]

Hmm
Has anyone done any tests on which type of fan would be more efficient for moving a more viscous fluid: flow rate optimized vs static pressure optimized?

 

[1461748123]

Hmm
Has anyone done any tests on which type of fan would be more efficient for moving a more viscous fluid: flow rate optimized vs static pressure optimized?

I think static pressure optimized will do better, but don't quote me on that

 

[BirdofPrey]

That was my suspicion as well, I've just never seen any numbers for it.

 

[jtd871]

IIRC from the Puget articles, oil actually benefits from an increased contact time with a heat-exchange surface, so you don't really need to move the oil that quickly through the sinks or radiators. Especially if you're going to have a bubble system. I thought that the Puget articles would have clarified this point.

 

[jeshikat]

How will you stop the PSU from assuming there's a fan failure and powering off?

Most PSU fans are just connected with 2 wires, so the PSU has no idea if the fan is working or not other than if the temps are within spec.

 

[EdZ]

IIRC, for purely 'dumb' voltage controlled fans immersing them in oil is not a problem: they will receive the same power, and just spin more slow.y. But if the fan control uses feedback, then there may be a problem: the fan controller will sense that the fan is spinning far below its target speed, and attempt to keep increasing the voltage until the fan is at the 'correct' speed. Because the oil wills prevent this from happening, the controller will end up just applying the maximum possible voltage all the time. Depending on the assumptions made during controller design, this could result in anything from merely running the fan continuously at its peak rated power, to overloading the fan if the controller fails to properly cap power (e.g. if the controller was designed assuming it would only be compensating for small fan variance).

 

[1461748123]

Rendering with liquid&transparent panels take sooooo long, 4 hours in and this is the result:

Still not perfect will wait for longer..

 

[jeshikat]

Yup, rendering transparent stuff will kill render time.

 

[1461748123]

@Aibohphobia can you please move this thread to the project section? it has passed the idea/sketch state.

 

[confusis]

Moved as requested. There are more mods here than just Aibo

 

[1461748123]

Moved as requested. There are more mods here than just Aibo

Thanks! I saw Aibo is online so I mentioned him

 

[confusis]

I'm hidden

 

[1461748123]

Finally the render was finished I'm really happy with the results. Now the things left is to add screw holes and small detail as well as some tweakings!

 

[jeshikat]

He lurks in the shadows, John, the ninja admin!

 

[1461748123]

Well, need to cnc this baby out:

 

[Clarvel]

Why use two 120 rads, and not two 240 rads? It certainly looks like there's enough overhang.

 

[ricochet]

Why is the SSD outside the case... just more holes (data/power) to worry about leaking, no? I think having only the radiator and the coolant tubes coming out of the case keeps it very clean at these viewable areas/sides. Love your idea and rendering thus far.