System and method for service life management based on chassis corrosion rate reduction
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsSteven Embleton, Jon Taylor Fitch, Joseph Danny King, Sandor T. Farkas
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Abstract
A computing device of an information handling system includes a computing component and a chassis for housing the computing component. The computing components may be, for example, a portion of a circuit card, hardware device, or other physical structure. The chassis includes an air exchange for receiving gases for thermal management of the computing component and a corrosion management component, physically connected directly to the air exchange, that reduces a rate of corrosion of the air exchange due to the gases.
Claims20
A computing device of an information handling system, comprising:
- a computing component;
- and
- a chassis for housing the computing component, comprising:
- an air exchange for receiving gases for thermal management of the computing component, and
- a corrosion management component, physically connected directly to the air exchange, adapted to reduce a rate of corrosion of the air exchange due to the gases.
A method for environmentally managing a computing device of an information handling system, comprising:
- monitoring an environmental corrosion risk associated with an air exchange of a chassis that houses a computing component of the computing device, wherein a corrosion management component is:
- physically connected directly to the air exchange, and
- adapted to reduce a rate of corrosion of the air exchange due to gases used to manage a temperature of components of the computing device;
- making a determination that the air exchange is associated with the corrosion management component;
- in response to the determination:
- estimating a corrosion risk of the air exchange based on:
- the environmental corrosion risk, and
- a risk reduction factor associated with the corrosion management component;
- making a second determination that the corrosion risk of the air exchange indicates an unacceptable corrosion state;
- and
- remediating the corrosion risk of the air exchange based on the unacceptable corrosion state.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for environmentally managing a computing device of an information handling system, the method comprising:
- monitoring an environmental corrosion risk associated with an air exchange of a chassis that houses a computing component of the computing device, wherein a corrosion management component is:
- physically connected directly to the air exchange, and
- adapted to reduce a rate of corrosion of the air exchange due to gases used to manage a temperature of components of the computing device;
- making a determination that the air exchange is associated with the corrosion management component;
- in response to the determination:
- estimating a corrosion risk of the air exchange based on:
- the environmental corrosion risk, and a risk reduction factor associated with the corrosion management component;
- making a second determination that the corrosion risk of the air exchange indicates an unacceptable corrosion state;
- and
- remediating the corrosion risk of the air exchange based on the unacceptable corrosion state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.