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US 2020/0100394 A1Published application
Optimized thermal control of data center
AssigneeJohnson Controls Technology Company
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, comprising:
- removing heat from air in the data center utilizing the HVAC system;
- collecting space temperature data and server temperature data;
- using the space temperature data, the server temperature 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 temperature constraints for the data center and meeting a processing demand 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.
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A system comprising:
- servers located at a data center;
- equipment configured to cool the servers, the equipment comprising at least one of a central plant, an airside system, a waterside system, rack cooling equipment, a computer-room air conditioner, a rooftop unit, a floor cooling system, or a liquid cooling system;
- a controller configured to control the equipment based on estimates of amounts of thermal energy output by each of the servers.
A method comprising:
- controlling operations of servers at a data center;
- controlling building equipment to cool the servers;
- determining a high-cost period for operating the building equipment and a low-cost period for operating the building equipment;
- identifying a time-insensitive task scheduled to occur during the high-cost period;
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- causing the time-insensitive task to be executed during the low-cost period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.