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US 9,545,034 B2Granted
Data center canopy including turning vanes
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsMatthew Richard Slaby, Felipe Visbal, Tahir Cader
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Abstract
Examples provide data center canopies, data center housings, and data centers including turning vanes to facilitate air flow. In some examples, a data center canopy may include turning vanes to direct portions of an exhaust flow from an exhaust inlet toward floor sections to be output via exhaust outlets opposite the floor sections. Other examples are described and claimed.
Claims14
A data center canopy comprising:
- a floor including an exhaust inlet bounded by a floor section;
- a roof opposite the exhaust inlet and bounded by an exhaust outlet opposite the floor section;
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- a turning vane to direct a portion of an exhaust flow from the exhaust inlet toward the floor section to be output by the exhaust outlet, wherein the turning vane includes a first elongate edge extending over the floor section and a second elongate edge extending over the exhaust inlet,
- wherein the turning vane comprises a plurality of stacked turning vanes that each comprise a different sized turning vane.
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A data center canopy comprising:
- a floor including an exhaust inlet bounded by a floor section;
- a roof opposite the exhaust inlet and bounded by an exhaust outlet opposite the floor section;
- a first stack of turning vanes to direct a first portion of an exhaust flow from the exhaust inlet toward the floor section to be output by the exhaust outlet, wherein the first stack of turning vanes comprise a plurality of turning vanes, each comprising a different size, positioned between the floor section and the roof;
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- a second stack of turning vanes positioned between the first stack of turning vanes and the roof to direct a second portion of an exhaust flow from the exhaust inlet toward the floor section to be output by the exhaust outlet, wherein the first stack of turning vanes includes a first elongate edge extending over the floor section and a second elongate edge extending over the exhaust inlet and the second stack of turning vanes includes a third elongate edge extending over the first elongate edge of the first stack of turning vanes and a fourth elongate edge extending over the second elongate edge.
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A data center comprising:
- a computer;
- an information technology (IT) module housing the computer;
- a cooling module to provide ambient air to the IT module for cooling the computer and receive an exhaust flow from the IT module;
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- a canopy to output the exhaust flow from the data center, the canopy including:
- an exhaust inlet bounded by a first floor section and a second floor section;
- a roof opposite the exhaust inlet and bounded by a first exhaust outlet opposite the first floor section, and a second exhaust outlet opposite the second floor section;
- a first stack of turning vanes to direct a first portion of the exhaust flow from the exhaust inlet toward the first floor section to be output by the first exhaust outlet, wherein the first stack of turning vanes comprise a plurality of turning vanes, each comprising a different size, positioned between the first floor section and the roof;
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- a second stack of turning vanes to direct a second portion of the exhaust flow from the exhaust inlet toward the second floor section to be output by the second exhaust outlet, wherein the second stack of turning vanes comprise a plurality of turning vanes, each comprising a different size, positioned between the second floor section and the roof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.