SERIAL FAN SET AND ROTATION SPEED-MATCHING CURVE GENERATION METHOD THEREOF

• US 20060202647A1
• Filed: 03/10/2005
• Published: 09/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Lin, Shu-Ju
• Granted Patent: US 7,095,188 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 318/66
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 19/007 multistage fans
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 27/004 by varying driving speed
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20209 Thermal management, e.g. fan control
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 30/70 Efficient control or regulation technologies, e.g. for control of refrigerant flow, motor or heating
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 80/10 Efficient use of energy, e.g. using compressed air or pressurized fluid as energy carrier

Abstract

A serial fan set and rotation speed-matching curve generation method thereof are provided. The serial fan set comprises a rotation speed control module, a first fan and a second fan, in which the rotation speed control module is used to receive the power signal and produce the rotation speed driving signal corresponding to the power signal in accordance with the relations of the rotation speed-matching curve, so that the first fan and the second fan are operated at the matching rotation speed, thus producing the optimum operation efficiency and achieving the purpose of controlling the serial fan set.

Claims

1. A serial fan set, comprising:

a rotation speed control module, which is used to receive an input signal, and output a rotation speed driving signal corresponding to the input signal in accordance with the rotation speed-matching relations of a rotation speed-matching curve;

a first fan, connected to the rotation speed control module and rotating at a corresponding rotation speed; and

a second fan, connected to the rotation speed control module and rotating at a corresponding rotation speed;

wherein the rotation speed-matching curve represents the rotation speed-matching relations of the first fan and the second fan that correspond to the optimum Air Pressure vs. Air Flow relations of the first fan and the second fan during their operations.

3. The serial fan set as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotation speed control module is used to receive a rotation speed value of the first fan and output a rotation speed driving signal in accordance with the speed-matching relations of the said relations of the said rotation speed-matching curve.

4. The serial fan set as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first fan and the second fan are designed to have multiple rotation speeds.

2. (canceled)

5. A rotation speed-matching curve generation method for a serial fan set, which is composed of a first and a second fan, the method comprising:

setting a plurality sets of rotation speed values of the first fan and the second fan;

operating the serial fan set in accordance with the plurality sets of rotation speed values for obtaining a plurality of Air Pressure vs Air Flow curves;

determining the local optimum value based on the Air Pressure vs Air Flow curves; and

plotting a rotation speed-matching curve of the sserial fan set by making use of the first and the second fan rotation speed values corresponding to the local optimum values.

6. The rotation speed-matching curve generation method for a serial fan set as claimed in claim 5, wherein the plurality sets of rotation speed values are obtained by adjusting the rotation speed values of the second fan based on the rotation speed values of the first fan.

7. The rotation speed-matching curve generation method for a serial fan set as claimed in claim 5, wherein the plurality sets of rotation values are obtained by adjusting the rotation speed values of the first fan based on the rotation speed values of the second fan.

8. The rotation speed-matching curve generation method for a serial fan set as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first fan and the second fan are the fans having multiple rotation speeds.