Compressed Air Ride-Through System for Immediate, Short-Term Cooling, Especially Adapted for Data Centers
OwnerSeth Rizzoinventor
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Abstract
In its broadest respect, the invention relates to a system and method for releasing compressed air from a tank to provide immediate, short-term movement of a cooling fluid and/or provide immediate, short-term cooling, especially adapted for data centers to maintain information technology equipment within an acceptable temperature range during a utility failure or other non-standard operating condition.
Claims98
A backup system for maintaining information technology equipment within an acceptable temperature range for a duration of thirty minutes or less, the backup system comprising:
- a. at least one compressed air tank for storing compressed air at a pressure of at least twenty-five pound-force per square inch gauge prior to activation of said backup system;
- b. at least one automatic releasing valve for releasing said compressed air from said compressed air tank in response to at least one indication of a non-standard operating condition, wherein said indication of a non-standard operating condition comprises an indication of a loss of normal utility power;
- c. at least one pneumatically-powered fluid mover, comprising a compressed air inlet and a compressed air outlet, wherein:
- i. said pneumatically-powered fluid mover utilizes said compressed air to move a cooling fluid at a mass flowrate which is at least three times larger than the mass flowrate of said compressed air entering said pneumatically-powered fluid mover;
- ii. said cooling fluid absorbs heat which originates from said information technology equipment;
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- iii. said pneumatically-powered fluid mover is external to the cabinets which house said information technology equipment;
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- d. at least one compressed air conduit for delivering said compressed air from said compressed air tank to said pneumatically-powered fluid mover, wherein said compressed air conduit comprises a pipe, a hose, a tube, or a combination thereof.
A method for maintaining information technology equipment within an acceptable temperature range for a duration of thirty minutes or less, the method comprising:
- a. releasing compressed air from a compressed air tank which stores compressed air by opening an automatic releasing valve in response to an indication of a non-standard operating condition, wherein said indication of a non-standard operating condition comprises an indication of a loss of normal utility power;
- b. directing or delivering said compressed air from said compressed air tank to a pneumatically-powered fluid mover through a compressed air conduit;
- c. moving a cooling fluid by utilizing said compressed air in said pneumatically-powered fluid mover, wherein said cooling fluid is moved at a mass flowrate which is at least three times larger than the mass flowrate of said compressed air entering said pneumatically-powered fluid mover;
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- d. transferring heat which originates from said information technology equipment to said cooling fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.