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| 20080305733 | Cold Row Encapsulation for Server Farm Cooling System - Apparatuses, methods, and systems directed to efficient cooling of data centers. Some embodiments of the invention allow encapsulation of cold rows through an enclosure and allow server fans to draw cold air from the cold row encapsulation structure to cool servers installed on the server racks. In other particular embodiments, the systems disclosed can be used to mix outside cool air into the cold row encapsulation structure to cool the servers. In some embodiments, the present invention involves using multiple cold row encapsulation structures to cool the servers installed on the racks. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090046427 | Cold Row Encapsulation for Server Farm Cooling System - Apparatuses, methods, and systems directed to efficient cooling of data centers. Some embodiments of the invention allow encapsulation of cold rows through an enclosure and allow server fans to draw cold air from the cold row encapsulation structure to cool servers installed on the server racks. In other particular embodiments, the systems disclosed can be used to mix outside cool air into the cold row encapsulation structure to cool the servers. In some embodiments, the present invention involves using multiple cold row encapsulation structures to cool the servers installed on the racks. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20100091448 | Cold Row Encapsulation for Server Farm Cooling System - Apparatuses, methods, and systems directed to efficient cooling of data centers. Some embodiments of the invention allow encapsulation of cold rows through an enclosure and allow server fans to draw cold air from the cold row encapsulation structure to cool servers installed on the server racks. In other particular embodiments, the systems disclosed can be used to mix outside cool air into the cold row encapsulation structure to cool the servers. In some embodiments, the present invention involves using multiple cold row encapsulation structures to cool the servers installed on the racks. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100263825 | Cold Row Encapsulation for Server Farm Cooling System - Apparatuses, methods, and systems directed to efficient cooling of data centers. Some embodiments of the invention allow encapsulation of cold rows through an enclosure and allow one or more fans to draw cold air from the cold row encapsulation structure to cool servers installed on the server racks. In other particular embodiments, the systems disclosed can be used to mix outside cool air into the cold row encapsulation structure to cool the servers. In some embodiments, the present invention involves fanless servers installed on the server racks and introduces fan units to draw cooling air from the cold row encapsulation structure through the fanless servers on the racks. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100263830 | Cold Row Encapsulation for Server Farm Cooling System - Apparatuses, methods, and systems directed to efficient cooling of data centers. Some embodiments of the invention allow encapsulation of cold rows through an enclosure and allow server fans to draw cold air from the cold row encapsulation structure to cool servers installed on the server racks. In other particular embodiments, the systems disclosed can be used to mix outside cool air into the cold row encapsulation structure to cool the servers. In some embodiments, the present invention involves utilizing a raised sub-floor design of a data center room. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110009047 | Integrated Building Based Air Handler for Server Farm Cooling System - Apparatuses, methods, and systems directed to an integrated building based air handler for efficient cooling of data centers. Some embodiments of the invention allow encapsulation of hot rows through an enclosure and allow one or more cooling fans mounted internally within the rack-mounted units to draw cold air to cool the rack mounted units installed in the racks and eject heated air to the enclosure. In other embodiments, the systems disclosed can be used to introduce external air to cool the servers. In some embodiments, in addition to the hot row enclosures, the system encapsulates cold rows through cold row enclosures. The cooling fans of the rack mounted units draw cold air from the cold row enclosures to cool the units and eject heated air to the hot row enclosure. In some other embodiments, a control system is used to selectively utilize natural cool air to cool the servers. When external air is not suitable for cooling purposes, the control system re-circulates the heated air from the hot row enclosures and one or more evaporative coolers are used to cool the heated air. | 01-13-2011 |
