Cooling system
First Claim
1. An apparatus for cooling a telecommunications device, comprising:
- a first airflow mechanism mounted in an enclosure of the device and oriented within the enclosure to induce air into the enclosure; and
a second airflow mechanism mounted in the enclosure of the device and oriented for expelling air out of the enclosure;
wherein a rate at which the air is induced into the enclosure is less than a rate at which the air is expelled, and the induced rate and the exhaust rate are controlled to minimize the pressure differential between a pressure within the enclosure and an ambient pressure outside the enclosure.
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Abstract
A system for cooling telecommunications device includes an air inducing mechanism which pushes air into an enclosure of the device and an air exhaust mechanism which exhausts the air from the enclosure. The rate at which the air is pushed into the enclosure is less than the rate at which the air is expelled from the enclosure and these two rates are controlled such that the pressure differential between the pressure within the enclosure and the ambient pressure outside the enclosure is minimized. By minimizing this pressure drop, the airflow mechanisms are able to operate more efficiently, that is, they are able to operate at substantially near their design speed.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus for cooling a telecommunications device, comprising:
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a first airflow mechanism mounted in an enclosure of the device and oriented within the enclosure to induce air into the enclosure; and
a second airflow mechanism mounted in the enclosure of the device and oriented for expelling air out of the enclosure;
wherein a rate at which the air is induced into the enclosure is less than a rate at which the air is expelled, and the induced rate and the exhaust rate are controlled to minimize the pressure differential between a pressure within the enclosure and an ambient pressure outside the enclosure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19)
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17. A method for cooling an telecommunications device, comprising the steps of:
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inducing air into an enclosure of the device with a first airflow mechanism;
expelling air out of the device with a second airflow mechanism; and
and operating the first air flow mechanism and the second airflow mechanism such that a rate a which the air is induced into the enclosure and a rate at which the air is expelled are controlled to minimize the pressure differential between a pressure within the enclosure and an ambient pressure outside the enclosure.
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