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US 9,438,087 B2Granted
Energy reclamation from air-moving systems
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMichael Phillip Czamara, Brock Robert Gardner, Osvaldo P. Morales
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Abstract
A data center includes a computing room, computing devices in the computing room, an air handling system, and a turbine system. Air moved by the air handling system flows across heat producing components in the computing devices in the computing room. A rotor of the turbine system rotates in response to at least a portion of the air moved by the air handling system. The turbine system generates electricity from rotation of the rotor.
Claims20
A data center, comprising:
- a computing room;
- a plurality of computing devices in the computing room;
- an air handling system configured to move air, wherein at least a portion of the air moved by the air handling system flows across heat producing components in at least some of the computing devices in the computing room;
- and
- a turbine system coupled to the air handling system, wherein the turbine system comprises a rotor configured to rotate in response to at least a portion of the air moved by the air handling system;
- wherein the turbine system is configured to:
- change an orientation of the rotor relative to an air stream moving across the rotor;
- and
- generate electricity from rotation of the rotor.
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A system, comprising:
- one or more rooms;
- an air handling system configured to move air through at least one of the one or more rooms;
- and
- a turbine system coupled to the air handling system, wherein the turbine system comprises a rotor, wherein the rotor of the turbine system is configured to rotate in response to at least a portion of the air moved by the air handling system;
- wherein the turbine system is configured to:
- change an orientation of the rotor relative to an air stream moving across the rotor;
- and
- generate electricity from rotation of the rotor.
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A method, comprising:
- moving air through an enclosed space to control conditions of the air in the enclosed space;
- moving at least a portion of the air through a rotor of a turbine system such that the rotor of the turbine system rotates;
- generating electrical power from rotation of the rotor;
- and
- changing orientation of the rotor relative to an airflow to promote rotation of the rotor and to continue generating electrical power from rotation of the rotor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.