Computer room air flow method and apparatus

An air conditioning assembly, which comprises:

• a cooling apparatus in communication with an air passageway for introducing cooling air into the passageway;
• an equipment assembly positionable on a floor, the equipment having an opening in communication with said air passageway for receiving the cooling air from the cooling apparatus;
• a flow control member positioned upstream of said equipment assembly so as to substantially evenly distribute the cooling air to the equipment assembly;
• and
• communication means in communication with the equipment assembly for receiving air flowing from the equipment assembly which has been heated by the equipment assembly, said communication means including plenum means for communicating the air heated by the equipment assembly back to the cooling apparatus for being cooled.

An air conditioning assembly, which comprises:

• cooling means in communication with an air passageway for introducing cooling air into said air passageway;
• an equipment assembly positionable on a floor, the equipment having an opening in communication with said air passageway for receiving the cooling air from the cooling means;
• a flow control member positionable upstream of said equipment assembly so as to substantially evenly distribute the cooling air to the equipment assembly;
• and
• communication means in communication with the equipment assembly for receiving air flowing from the equipment assembly which has been heated by the equipment assembly, said communication means including plenum means for communicating the air heated by the equipment assembly back to the cooling apparatus for being cooled.

An air conditioning method, comprising the steps of:

• supplying cooling air generated from a cooling apparatus into an air passageway;
• guiding the cooling air within the air passageway into an equipment assembly disposed on a floor via a first plenum;
• positioning an air flow control member in the equipment assembly so as to substantially evenly distribute cooling air to the equipment located in the equipment assembly;
• and
• introducing the air released from said equipment assembly into a second plenum and communicating the released air through the cooling apparatus via said second plenum for cooling the released air.

An air conditioning assembly, which comprises:

• a cooling apparatus in communication with an air passageway for introducing cooling air into the passageway;
• an equipment assembly positioned on the floor, the equipment having an opening in communication with the air passageway for receiving the cooling air from the cooling apparatus;
• a flow control member positioned upstream of said equipment so as to substantially evenly distribute the cooling air to the equipment assembly;
• and
• a first plenum in communication with the equipment assembly for receiving air flowing from the equipment assembly which has been heated by the equipment assembly, said first plenum communicating the air heated by the equipment assembly back to the cooling apparatus for being cooled.

An air conditioning assembly, which comprises:

• cooling means in communication with the near passageway for introducing cooling air into the passageway;
• an equipment assembly positioned on a floor, the equipment having an opening in communication with the air passageway for receiving the cooling air from the cooling apparatus;
• flow control means positioned upstream of said equipment assembly so as to substantially evenly distribute the cooling air to the equipment assembly;
• and
• first plenum means m communication with equipment assembly for receiving air flowing from the equipment assembly which has been heated by the equipment assembly, said first plenum means communicating the air heated by the equipment assembly back to the cooling apparatus for being cooled.

An air conditioning method, comprising the steps of:

• supplying cooling air generated from a cooling apparatus into an air passageway;
• guiding the cooling air within the air passageway and into an equipment assembly through an opening therein via a first plenum;
• positioning an air flow control member in the equipment assembly so as to substantially evenly distribute cooling air to the equipment located in the equipment assembly;
• and
• introducing the air released from said equipment into a room in which the equipment assembly is positioned and communicating the released air through the cooling apparatus via a second plenum for cooling the released air.

An air conditioning assembly, which comprises:

• a cooling apparatus in communication with an air passageway for introducing cooling air into the passageway;
• an equipment assembly positionable on a floor, the equipment having an opening formed therein in communication with the air passageway for receiving the cooling air from the cooling apparatus;
• a flow control member positioned upstream of said equipment assembly so as to substantially evenly distribute the cooling air to the equipment assembly;
• and
• an outlet member formed in the equipment assembly for receiving air flowing from the equipment assembly which has been heated by the equipment assembly, said outlet member communicating the air heated by the equipment assembly via a plenum back to the cooling apparatus for being cooled.

An air conditioning assembly, which comprises:

• cooling means in communication with an air passageway for introducing cooling air into the passageway;
• an equipment assembly positionable on a floor, the equipment having an opening in communication with the air passageway for receiving the cooling from the cooling means;
• flow control means positioned upstream of said equipment assembly so as to substantially evenly distribute the cooling air to the equipment assembly;
• and
• outlet means provided in the equipment assembly for receiving air flowing from the equipment assembly which has been heated by the equipment assembly, said outlet means including a plenum for communicating the air heated by the equipment assembly back to the cooling apparatus for being cooled.

An air conditioning method, comprising the steps of:

• supplying cooling air generated from a cooling apparatus into an air passageway;
• guiding the cooling air within the air passageway and into an equipment assembly via a plenum;
• communicating the cooling air introduced into the equipment assembly into said plenum;
• and
• introducing the air released into the plenum from within said equipment into the plenum and communicating the released air through the cooling apparatus for cooling the released air.