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US 2014/0211411 A1Published application
Data Center Canopy Including Turning Vanes
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMatthew Richard Slaby, Felipe Visbal, Tahir Cader
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Abstract
Examples provide data center canopies, data center housings, and data centers including turning vanes to facilitate air flow. In some examples, a data center canopy may include turning vanes to direct portions of an exhaust flow from an exhaust inlet toward floor sections to be output via exhaust outlets opposite the floor sections. Other examples are described and claimed.
Claims15
A data center canopy comprising:
- a floor including an exhaust inlet bounded by a first floor section and a second floor section;
- a roof opposite the exhaust inlet and bounded by a first exhaust outlet opposite the first floor section, and a second exhaust outlet opposite the second floor section;
- a first turning vane to direct a first portion of an exhaust flow from the exhaust inlet toward the first floor section to be output by the first exhaust outlet;
- and
- a second turning vane to direct a second portion of the exhaust flow from the exhaust inlet toward the second floor section to be output by the second exhaust outlet.
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A data center housing comprising:
- an information technology (IT) module;
- and
- a cooling module coupled to the IT module to provide a path for an exhaust flow from the IT module, the cooling module including:
- an exhaust inlet bounded by a first floor section and a second floor section;
- a roof opposite the exhaust inlet and bounded by a first exhaust outlet opposite the first floor section, and a second exhaust outlet opposite the second floor section;
- a first turning vane to direct a first portion of the exhaust flow from the exhaust inlet toward the first floor section to be output by the first exhaust outlet;
- and
- a second turning vane to direct a second portion of the exhaust flow from the exhaust inlet toward the second floor section to be output by the second exhaust outlet.
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A data center comprising:
- a computer;
- an information technology (IT) module housing the computer;
- a cooling module to provide ambient air to the IT module for cooling the computer and receive an exhaust flow from the IT module;
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- a canopy to output the exhaust flow from the data center, the canopy including:
- an exhaust inlet bounded by a first floor section and a second floor section;
- a roof opposite the exhaust inlet and bounded by a first exhaust outlet opposite the first floor section, and a second exhaust outlet opposite the second floor section;
- a first turning vane to direct a first portion of the exhaust flow from the exhaust inlet toward the first floor section to be output by the first exhaust outlet;
- and
- a second turning vane to direct a second portion of the exhaust flow from the exhaust inlet toward the second floor section to be output by the second exhaust outlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.