CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING

Technical Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a coolant prepared from mineral oil containing additives that would aid cooling of a system developed for an efficient and effective operation of a cooling process, which is one of the biggest problems incurred in bitcoin and the similar cryptocurrency mining systems that perform high thermal processing due to its 7/24 operation.

Prior Art

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that has recently emerged, and accordingly bitcoin mining has become very popular. The process of producing bitcoins or generating money in bitcoin making machines is called mining. Mining is a general term for the process of performing mathematical operations by use of computational competency and power. In other words; it is an overall term for the process of discovering or bringing out stored data present in a distributed data base through the use of a computer and related cryptocurrency block chain software installed on this computer. A node in a bitcoin network is called“miner”, which performs operations that require intensive processor power on their hardware (mainly graphics cards) by installing the related bitcoin software thereon presented to perform these operations. It is not the one and only aim of the mining to extract bitcoin, in other words, to earn some bitcoins by performing mining. Mining is the process of performing transactions through the use of computational competency, securing the system network and synchronizing every user in the system. One of the biggest problems incurred in bitcoin mining is the energy consumption and cooling of the system. These machines, which exhibit high rates of processing power, may reach high levels of heat treatment due to their 7/24 operations. Once the system is set to operate, the ambient temperature starts to escalate up to 80 degrees whereas it was around 10 degrees. However; the more the system is cooled, the more efficiently it operates. The cooling of the system is generally performed by use of a cooling fan or conventional compression refrigeration systems. During sizing of a cooling system, air flow required to remove thermal load is computed. As high levels of heat arise from the operation of the system, it brings out high cost for both the area and the amount of energy to be used for the operation. Furthermore; the efficiency of these methods is not satisfactory and the noise level is so high. Also, the performance of the system is lowered due to ineffective cooling.

In the prior art, it is known that oils have already been used in cooling of the systems used for bitcoin and the similar cryptocurrency mining. However, oils have been known to be used for the cooling of transformers and the similar electrical distribution / power equipment within the prior art. The patent applications numbered US6037537, EP0868731, EP1365420, US2004069975 and EP1304704 disclose the similar mixtures containing oil.

Within the scope of the aforementioned patent applications, transformers and the similar electrical distribution / power equipment are positioned in a container in which oil is contained to surround the transformer within and thus it is aimed to cool the heat generated within the transformer with the oil contained circumambiently.

In an attempt to prevent the oil used from being instantly degraded by the generated heat, antioxidant is added to the oil as well. Thus, heat-based oxidations likely to occur in the oil would be blocked by the antioxidant and the degradation of the oil would be impeded.

The oil used within the system is vegetable oil. In case of oxidation of vegetable oils, some quite repugnant smells may emerge. As the areas where transformers are used are generally distant from people, this is not important for such usage. However, as the equipment used for bitcoin mining systems would be used in the environments where people are present in the vicinity, the smell that is likely to emerge creates a crucial handicap.

Bitcoin mining is mainly performed in large, extensive and indoor areas where a large number of electronic equipment is operated for 7 days 24 hours. To use vegetable oils for cooling numerous computers may cause strong smells to emerge in the areas where bitcoin mining is carried out.

On the other hand, since the changing of color of the vegetable oils following a thermal oxidation would impede the electronic equipment positioned in the oil, this causes an important drawback in relation to the use of vegetable oils.

Furthermore, as the high levels of heat emerging during the bitcoin mining would cause vegetable oils to incur thermal oxidation rapidly, it will be required to continuously change the refrigeration oil.

The use of antioxidant is known from the prior art in an attempt to ensure the stability of the vegetable oils used for cooling transformers and the similar electric distribution / power equipment. However, the performance of the aforementioned antioxidants is inadequate in cooling the systems used for bitcoin mining. As keeping the systems used for bitcoin mining cooled would ensure the performance of the system to be enhanced, the antioxidant used is required to keep the oil stable for a longer time.

For an instance, a patent application numbered EP1304704 discloses that BHA, BHT, TBHQ, THBP can be used as an antioxidant. The aforementioned antioxidants are insufficient in cooling the systems used for bitcoin mining. Therefore, it would be necessary to use more effective antioxidants for cryptocurrency mining in particular.

Consequently, a requirement for a coolant prepared from the additives that would aid an effective and efficient cooling of the bitcoin system, which eliminates current drawbacks of the prior art, and the inadequacy of current solutions has necessitated a development in the related art.

Brief Description of the Invention

The present invention relates to a mineral oil mixture prepared form the additives that would aid an efficient cooling of the system that has been developed in an attempt to ensure an effective and efficient cooling in bitcoin refrigeration area, which meets the aforementioned requirements, eliminates all of the drawbacks and brings along some additional advantages.

With reference to the prior art, an aim of the invention is to provide a novel mineral oil mixture to be used to resolve the drawback of cooling that affects the system performance and reduces the efficiency thanks to improved cooling performance of said mineral oil mixture that has been developed.

Another aim of the invention is to provide an improvement in relation to performance and efficiency as well as the enhancement of cooling performance by means of the refrigeration mineral oil that has been developed.

A further aim of the invention is to enable a cooling balance to be established due to the use of vegetable walnut oil extracts in the refrigeration mineral oil developed.

Structural and inventive characteristics and all of the advantages of the invention will be apparent from the detailed description below, thus evaluation as to the invention should be made by taking these detailed descriptions into account. Detailed Description of the Invention

In this detailed description, the mineral oil mixture prepared from the additives that would provide an effective and efficient cooling for the systems used in bitcoin and the similar cryptocurrency mining has been described, as an example and without limitations, in order to provide a better understanding of the subject matter.

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that has recently emerged, and accordingly bitcoin mining has become popular. A node in a bitcoin network is called“miner”, which performs operations that require intensive processor power on their hardware (mainly graphics cards) by installing the related bitcoin software thereon presented to perform these operations. For this operation, the computers that have very powerful processors and graphics cards power are required. These computers release great heat in a very short period of time and such heat must be removed from the system. If such heat that is generated is not removed, the system exhibits an inadequate performance and cannot operate efficiently.

Bitcoin mining is performed through the use of hardware of computers. The bitcoin mining, which was initially performed via processors, has recently started to be carried out by use of graphics cards that are capable of operating 50-100 times faster. As a result of performing mathematical operations by means of processors or graphics cards of computers, bitcoins can be earned. For this operation, the devices having more powerful processors or graphics cards have been begun to be used. This has caused the device to consume a greater amount of energy and to release greater levels of heat. The cooling of the system is generally performed by use of a cooling fan or conventional compression refrigeration systems. Moreover, the use of a fan or a compressor results in high cost both for the amount of energy and the area to be used for the operation. Furthermore; high heat affects the hardware due to the lack of effective and efficient cooling. Besides these, silicate-ester, aliphatics, fluorocarbons and silicon-based dielectric refrigerants can also be used.

Thanks to the cooling system operating with mineral oil, the system is enabled to be refrigerated more efficiently and the noise coming from the fan is inhibited. With the use of the mineral oil, the computer used is installed in a container similar to a fish tank and this container is filled with said mineral oil. Thus, as the hardware is stored in the mineral oil, said mineral oil will both keep the system at the optimum temperature and also prevent the noise coming from the fan.

In the mineral refrigerant subject to the invention,“walnut oil extracts” that are known from the literature, are commonly used in pharmaceutics, and have no toxicity effects, as well as the oils that are pharmaceutically verified by the FDA, are widely used in drug and cosmetic industry, have zero sulphur content, are odorless, have an UV spectrophotometer value below 0,01 according to ASTM D 2008, do not change color and odor with their color stability to heat for 72 hours featuring light energy of 3500 lumens at 80 C are used. For the selection of these oils, in determining their levels of paraffinicity and naphthalenicity, FT-IR structural comparative studies have been used. Walnut oil extracts are generally suitable to be used with food, hydraulic fluids, metalworking fluids, industrial gear oils, turbine oils, polyglycols and natural and synthetic esters. The results obtained from the study of walnut oil extracts show that other phenolic compounds including ellagic acid monomers, polymeric ellagiannins and flavonoids are contained in the nature of these extracts. Walnut oil extracts are rich in unsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore; as walnut is a good source of manganese and copper, it features a high antioxidant protection. Walnut oil extracts have superior properties due to their high thermal stability and solubility in mineral oils. Walnut oil extracts is a rich source of antioxidant. They result in low antioxidant losses under operational conditions at high temperatures.

Stabilization problems have been recorded in the studies carried out while developing the refrigeration mineral oil for bitcoin, including 0.6 % walnut oil extracts - the oil that has 99.4 % zero sulphur content, an UV spectrophotometer value below 0,01 according to ASTM D 2008, color stability to heat for 72 hours featuring light energy of 3500 lumens at 80 C, 0.4 % walnut oil extracts - the oil that has 99.6 % zero sulfur content, an UV spectrophotometer value below 0,01 according to ASTM D 2008, color stability to heat for 72 hours featuring light energy of 3500 lumens at 80 C. Stability analyses have been approved including 0.3 % walnut oil extracts - the oil that has 99.7 % zero sulfur content, an UV spectrophotometer value below 0,01 according to ASTM D 2008, color stability to heat for 72 hours featuring light energy of 3500 lumens at 80 C, 0.2 % walnut oil extracts - the oil that has 99.8 % zero sulfur content, an UV spectrophotometer value below 0,01 according to ASTM D 2008, color stability to heat for 72 hours featuring light energy of 3500 lumens at 80 C, and 0.1 % walnut oil extracts - the oil that has 99.9 % zero sulfur content, an UV spectrophotometer value below 0,01 according to ASTM D 2008, color stability to heat for 72 hours featuring light energy of 3500 lumens at 80 C. The study comprises, in analysis values of 0.3 % walnut oil extracts - the oil that has 99.7 % zero sulfur content, an UV spectrophotometer value below 0,01 according to ASTM D 2008, color stability to heat for 72 hours featuring light energy of 3500 lumens at 80 C, density (g/cm ^A 3;@ 15 C):0.8535, viscosity (mm ^A 2/sec.; 40 C): 15.86, TAN

(mgKOH/g):0,009, UV (@275 nm):0.177, Flash point (COC):202, Refractive Index (@20 C): 1.4679, saybolt color: +30, mineral oil and walnut oil extract. The study comprises, in analysis values of 0.2 % walnut oil extracts - the oil that has 99.8 % zero sulphur content, an UV spectrophotometer value below 0,01 according to ASTM D 2008, color stability to heat for 72 hours featuring light energy of 3500 lumens at 80 C, density (g/cm ^A 3;@ 15 C):0,8533, viscosity (mm ^A 2/sec.; 40 C): 15.90, TAN (mgKOH/g):0.0212, UV (@275 nm):0.236, Flash point (COC):194, Refractive Index (@20 C): 1,4676, saybolt color: +30, mineral oil and walnut oil extract. The study comprises, in analysis values of 0.3 % walnut oil extracts - the oil that has 99.7 % zero sulphur content, an UV spectrophotometer value below 0,01 according to ASTM D 2008, color stability to heat for 72 hours featuring light energy of 3500 lumens at 80 C, density (g/cm ^A 3;@ 15 C):0.8535, viscosity (mm ^A 2/sec.; 40 C): 15.83, TAN (mgKOH/g):- 0.0137, UV (@275 nm):0.368, Flash point (COC)198-, Refractive Index (@20 C): 1,4677, saybolt color: +30, mineral oil and walnut oil extract. In the studies performed, a stability analysis was carried out at 80 C for 6 days, and suitable stability values were obtained in the studies. When preparing the products, the refrigeration mineral oil is obtained by performing the process of heating and mixing at a low temperature with the addition of walnut oil extracts to the mineral oil. The scope of this application is described in the section of claims and cannot definitely be limited to the aforementioned aspects given that they have provided as examples. It is clear that any persons skilled in the art can perform the novelty disclosed in the present invention by using the similar embodiments and/or can adapt this embodiment to other areas used in the related art holding the similar purposes. Therefore it is obvious that such embodiments will be invalid of surpassing the novelty and known state of the art especially in the presence of our invention.