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Method and apparatus for efficiently coordinating data center cooling units

  • US 9,317,045 B2
  • Filed: 01/08/2014
  • Issued: 04/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of controlling an environmental maintenance system including a plurality of environmental maintenance modules currently running and a plurality of sensors that measure a value of a physical condition of an environment, the method comprising:

  • for at least one of the plurality of the modules currently running;

    estimating sensor values of the sensors resulting if an operation level of the module were decreased by at least a predetermined amount;

    determining a first set of one or more of the plurality of the modules currently running that have none of the estimated sensor values outside of a first range; and

    decreasing an operation level of at least one module of the first set in response to the determination that one or more of the plurality of the modules currently running have none of the estimated sensor values outside of the first range.

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