Supplying power to at least one cooling system component
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsCullen E. Bash, Chandrakant D. Patel, Gopalakrishnan Janakiraman, Keith Istvan Farkas
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Abstract
A primary power system and a secondary power system are operable to supply power to at least one cooling system component in a cooling system. The amount of power supplied by the primary power system and the secondary power system to the at least one cooling system component is controlled based on an operating level threshold for the at least one cooling system component.
Claims45
A method of supplying power to at least one cooling system component, the method comprising:
- determining an operating level threshold for the at least one cooling system component, wherein the operating level threshold is one of a plurality of operating levels for the at least one cooling system component;
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- supplying power to meet the power demand of the at least one cooling system component using one or more of a primary power system and a secondary power system based on whether an operating level of the at least one cooling system component exceeds the operating level threshold.
A system comprising:
- a first power system and a second power system operable to supply power to a at least one cooling system component;
- a power delivery control device connected to the first power system and the second power system, wherein the power delivery control device is operable to control an amount of power supplied by the first power system and the second power system to the at least one cooling system component based on an operating level of at least one cooling system component.
A power delivery control device controlling an amount of power supplied by a first power system and a second power system to at least one cooling system component, the device comprising:
- a memory configured to store at least one threshold associated with an efficient operating point of the at least one cooling system component;
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- a power control circuit configured to compare one or more of power consumption of the at least one cooling system component and an operating level of the at least one cooling system component to the at least one threshold, wherein the power control circuit is further configured to control the amount of power supplied by the first power system and the second power system to the at least one cooling system component based on the comparison to the at least one threshold.
A system comprising:
- cooling system component means for cooling at least one computer system;
- means for determining an operating level threshold for the cooling system component means, wherein the operating level threshold is one of a plurality of operating levels for the cooling system component means;
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- means for supplying power to meet the power demand of the cooling system component means using one or more of a primary power source means and a secondary power source means based on whether an operating level of the cooling system component means exceeds the operating level threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.