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| 20090138112 | Designing An Apparatus To Substantially Minimize Exergy Destruction - In a method of designing an apparatus formed of at least one component to substantially minimize exergy destruction, at least one of one or more candidate materials and one or more candidate processes are identified. The one or more candidate materials are capable of being used in forming the at least one component and the one or more candidate processes are associated with either or both of the one or more candidate materials and the at least one component. Exergy destruction values of at least one of the one or more candidate materials and the one or more candidate processes are determined. In addition, at least one of the one or more candidate materials and the one or more candidate processes having the substantially lowest exergy destruction values are selected for the apparatus design. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20100275618 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING FLUID DISTRIBUTION - A system for distributing a cooling fluid in a room containing at least one heat generating component includes a primary heat exchanger having an inlet for receiving the cooling fluid, a heat exchange section configured to facilitate exchange of heat between airflow in the room and the cooling fluid, and an outlet for exhausting heated cooling fluid from the heat exchange section. The system also includes a secondary heat exchanger having a receiving section connected to the second section of a cooling fluid line for receiving heated cooling fluid, a heat exchange section configured to facilitate exchange of heat between the at least one heat generating component and the heated cooling fluid, and an exhaust section configured to exhaust secondarily heated cooling fluid. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100311317 | VENT TILE WITH AN INTEGRATED THERMAL IMAGING SENSOR AND CONTROLLER - A vent tile includes at least one louver, an actuator configured to control the at least one louver, a thermal imaging sensor configured to monitor temperature of a remotely located apparatus through thermal imaging of a surface of the apparatus, and a controller configured to control the actuator based upon the monitored temperature. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110029152 | Management System Operable Under Multiple Metric Levels - A system for managing a structure having cooling fluid configured to flow around and absorb heat from components contained in the structure includes a plurality of separate cooling mechanisms configured to absorb heat from the cooling fluid. At least two of the plurality of separate cooling mechanisms have at least one different level of a metric with respect to each other. The system also includes a controller configured to implement the plurality of separate cooling mechanisms in a staged manner to remove heat from the cooling fluid. The staged manner includes implementing the cooling mechanism having a relatively lower at least one metric level first and implementing a cooling mechanism having a relatively higher at least one metric level last, to cool the structure. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110101116 | Optimizing Fluid Flow Distribution In A Structure - In a method for determining a substantially optimized fluid flow distribution in a structure configured to be cooled by a fluid moving device, an indication to activate the fluid moving device according to a reference temperature setpoint of a plurality of sensors is outputted. In addition, conditions detected in multiple areas of the structure with the plurality of sensors are received, a master sensor among the plurality of sensors based upon the detected conditions is identified; and a master reference temperature setpoint for the master sensor that substantially optimizes fluid flow distribution in the structure based upon conditions detected by the plurality of sensors in response to changes in a characteristic of fluid flow supplied to the plurality of sensors is determined. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106314 | MANIPULATING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN AN INFRASTRUCTURE - In a method for manipulating environmental conditions in an infrastructure containing one or more adaptive vent tiles, correlations between opening levels of the one or more adaptive vent tiles and an environmental condition at one or more heat dissipating devices are identified. In addition, one or more environmental conditions at locations proximate to or within the one or more heat dissipating devices are received and errors between the received one or more environmental conditions and one or more reference environmental conditions are identified. Moreover, opening levels for the one or more adaptive vent tiles are determined based upon the identified correlations and errors. | 05-05-2011 |
