Optimized thermal control of data center
AssigneeJohnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
InventorsDonald R. Albinger, Karl F. Reichenberger, Sudhi R. Sinha
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Abstract
A method includes measuring a plurality of temperatures corresponding to a plurality of servers located in a data center, determining a subset of the plurality of servers as high-temperature servers based on the plurality of temperatures, and reassigning tasks from at least a portion of the subset of the plurality of servers to one or more other servers of the plurality of servers.
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A method for operating a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system in a data center, the method comprising:
- removing heat from air in the data center utilizing the HVAC system;
- collecting space temperature data, server temperature data, and time series data associated with the space temperature data and the server temperature data;
- using the space temperature data, the server temperature data, the time series data, and a model of performance for the HVAC system and the data center to predict changes to the HVAC system and the data center, the changes predicted to conserve energy while complying with (i) temperature constraints for the data center and (ii) a processing demand constraint on the data center;
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- electronically controlling the HVAC system and the data center in accordance with the changes for both the HVAC system and the data center.
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a data center, the system comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to measure space temperature and server temperature data associated with the data center;
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- a controller comprising one or more processors configured to:
- electronically control HVAC equipment to remove heat from air in the data center;
- collect, by the one or more sensors, the space temperature data, the server temperature data, and time series data associated with the space temperature data and the server temperature data;
- predict changes to the HVAC system and the data center that conserve energy while complying with (i) temperature constraints for the data center and (ii) a processing demand constraint on the data center, the changes predicted using the space temperature data, the time series data, the server temperature data, and a model of performance for the HVAC system and the data center;
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- electronically control the HVAC equipment and the data center in accordance with the changes for both the HVAC system and the data center.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- electronically control heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment associated with a data center to remove heat from air in the data center;
- collect, by the one or more sensors, space temperature data, server temperature data, and time series data associated with the space temperature data and the server temperature data;
- predict changes to an HVAC system and the data center that conserve energy while complying with (i) temperature constraints for the data center and (ii) a processing demand constraint on the data center, the changes predicted using the space temperature data, the time series data, the server temperature data, and a model of performance for the HVAC system and the data center;
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- electronically control the HVAC equipment and the data center in accordance with the changes for both the HVAC system and the data center.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.