Air flow management system for an internet data center
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorFrederic Charron
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Abstract
An air flow management system for an Internet Data Center with rows of cabinets, the rows being located on an elevated floor and disposed in pairs wherein the front sides of the two rows face each other. Fresh air is supplied through the elevated floor in order to cool the heat generating elements, and collected after passing through the heat generating elements. The tops of the two front sides of the two rows in each pair of rows are joined by a cover so that the front sides and the cover constitute a tunnel. The volume of fresh air supplied through the elevated floor is controlled by openings whereby the static pressure in each tunnel can be controlled depending upon the heat generated.
Claims9
An airflow management system for an Internet Data Center, the Internet Data Center comprising cabinets that contain heat-generating elements, each cabinet having a cabinet front, said cabinets being located on an elevated floor, said cabinets being disposed as a pair of substantially parallel rows of cabinets having a first row of cabinets and a second row of cabinets wherein cabinet fronts of the first row of cabinets face cabinet fronts of the second row of cabinets, said airflow management system comprising:
- fresh air generating means for supplying fresh air through the elevated floor for cooling the heat generating elements;
- hot air collecting means for collecting hot air that results from cooling the heat generating elements by the fresh air supplied through the elevated floor;
- a cover joining the first row of cabinets and the second row of cabinets to provide a tunnel;
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- means for controlling static pressure in the tunnel by controlling fresh air volume supplied through the elevated floor, in dependence upon heat generated by the heat generating elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.