SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR ENERGY USAGE SIMULATORS

• US 20150261898A1
• Filed: 07/23/2013
• Published: 09/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents (University of Arizona)
• Original Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents (University of Arizona)
• Inventors: Gupta, Sandeep, Varsamopoulos, Georgios
• Application Number:
  US14/416,544
• Publication Number:
  US 20150261898A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F01K 13/003 Arrangements for measuring or testing in general G01
• CPC Class Codes: F01K 13/02 Controlling, e.g. stopping or starting
• CPC Class Codes: F28D 19/00 Regenerative heat-exchange apparatus in which the intermediate heat-transfer medium or body is moved successively into contact with each heat-exchange medium F28D15/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 21/04 in circuits having distributed constants
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3024 where the computing system component is a central processing unit [CPU]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3062 where the monitored property is the power consumption power management in a computing system G06F1/3203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/20 Design optimisation, verification or simulation optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/455 Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply

Abstract

Systems, methods, and media for an energy usage simulator are provided. In some embodiments, systems for an energy usage simulator are provided, the systems comprising: at least one hardware processor that is configured to: perform computational fluid dynamics simulations on an environment based on a description of the environment; generate a heat recirculation matrix (HRM) based on the computational fluid dynamics simulations; generate a resource utilization matrix (RUM) based at least in part on the HRM and a power curve; generate a power consumption distribution vector based at least in part on the HRM and the RUM; and generate a thermal map of the environment based at least in part on the power consumption distribution vector.

Claims

1. A system for an energy usage simulator, comprising:

at least one hardware processor that is configured to;

perform computational fluid dynamics simulations on an environment based on a description of the environment;

generate a heat recirculation matrix (HRM) based on the computational fluid dynamics simulations;

generate a resource utilization matrix (RUM) based at least in part on the HRM and a power curve;

generate a power consumption distribution vector based at least in part on the HRM and the RUM; and

generate a thermal map of the environment based at least in part on the power consumption distribution vector.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the environment is a data center.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the description of the environment is received as an XML file.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the resource utilization matrix indicates active equipment in the environment.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to generate a feedback file based at least in part on the power consumption distribution vector and the thermal map.

4. (canceled)

7. A method for an energy usage simulator, comprising:

performing, using a hardware processor, computational fluid dynamics simulations on an environment based on a description of the environment;

generating, using the hardware processor, a heat recirculation matrix (HRM) based on the computational fluid dynamics simulations;

generating, using the hardware processor, a resource utilization matrix (RUM) based at least in part on the HRM and a power curve;

generating, using the hardware processor, a power consumption distribution vector based at least in part on the HRM and the RUM; and

generating, using the hardware processor, a thermal map of the environment based at least in part on the power consumption distribution vector.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the environment is a data center.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the description of the environment is received as an XML file.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the resource utilization matrix indicates active equipment in the environment.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising generating a feedback file based at least in part on the power consumption distribution vector and the thermal map.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for an energy usage simulator, the method comprising:

performing computational fluid dynamics simulations on an environment based on a description of the environment;

generating a heat recirculation matrix (HRM) based on the computational fluid dynamics simulations;

generating a resource utilization matrix (RUM) based at least in part on the HRM and a power curve;

generating a power consumption distribution vector based at least in part on the HRM and the RUM; and

generating a thermal map of the environment based at least in part on the power consumption distribution vector.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the environment is a data center.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the description of the environment is received as an XML file.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the resource utilization matrix indicates active equipment in the environment.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises generating a feedback file based at least in part on the power consumption distribution vector and the thermal map.