Cooling provisioning for heat generating devices
First Claim
1. A method for controlling cooling provisioning for heat generating devices, said method comprising:
- correlating the heat generating devices with primary actuators, such that the heat generating devices are associated with primary actuators having at least a predefined level of influence over the respective heat generating devices;
setting flow rates of air supplied by the primary actuators based upon volume flow rate requirements of the heat generating devices, wherein the volume flow rate setting for a primary actuator is based upon the volume flow rate requirement for the heat generating devices associated with the primary actuator; and
varying temperatures of the airflow supplied by the primary actuators to substantially maintain associated heat generating devices within predetermined temperature ranges.
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Abstract
A method for controlling cooling provisioning for heat generating devices includes correlating the heat generating devices with primary actuators, such that the heat generating devices are associated with primary actuators having at least a predefined level of influence over the respective heat generating devices. The flow rates of air supplied by the primary actuators are set based upon volume flow rate requirements of the heat generating devices, such that the volume flow rate setting for a primary actuator is based upon the volume flow rate requirement for the heat generating devices associated with the primary actuator. In addition, the temperatures of the airflow supplied by the primary actuators are varied to substantially maintain associated heat generating devices within predetermined temperature ranges.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for controlling cooling provisioning for heat generating devices, said method comprising:
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correlating the heat generating devices with primary actuators, such that the heat generating devices are associated with primary actuators having at least a predefined level of influence over the respective heat generating devices;
setting flow rates of air supplied by the primary actuators based upon volume flow rate requirements of the heat generating devices, wherein the volume flow rate setting for a primary actuator is based upon the volume flow rate requirement for the heat generating devices associated with the primary actuator; and
varying temperatures of the airflow supplied by the primary actuators to substantially maintain associated heat generating devices within predetermined temperature ranges. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for controlling cooling provisioning for heat generating devices, said system comprising:
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primary actuators configured to vary cooling provisioning for the heat generating devices; and
a controller configured to implement at least one algorithm configured to;
assign each of the heat generating devices to at least one primary actuator family according to correlations between the heat generating devices and the primary actuators;
set the primary actuators to supply air at volumes based upon the heat generating devices respectively contained in the primary actuator families; and
manipulate the primary actuators to vary the temperatures of the airflow supplied by the primary actuators to substantially maintain heat generating devices in respective primary actuator families within predetermined temperature ranges. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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means for assigning heat generating devices to at least one primary actuator family, each primary actuator family having a primary actuator;
means for setting flow rates of air supplied by the primary actuators based upon volume flow rate requirements of the heat generating devices, wherein the volume flow rate setting for a primary actuator is based upon the volume flow rate requirement for the heat generating devices associated with the primary actuator; and
means for varying temperatures of the airflow supplied by the primary actuators to substantially maintain heat generating devices in each of the at least one primary actuator family within predetermined temperature ranges.
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24. A computer readable storage medium on which is embedded one or more computer programs, said one or more computer programs implementing a method for controlling cooling provisioning for heat generating devices, said one or more computer programs comprising a set of instructions for:
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assigning the heat generating devices to primary actuator families, such that each of the heat generating devices is assigned to a primary actuator family including a primary actuator having at least a predefined level of influence over the respective heat generating devices;
setting flow rates of air supplied by the primary actuators based upon volume flow rate requirements of the heat generating devices, wherein the volume flow rate setting for a primary actuator is based upon the volume flow rate requirement for the heat generating devices associated with the primary actuator; and
varying temperatures of the airflow supplied by the primary actuators to substantially maintain associated heat generating devices within predetermined temperature ranges.
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