Server rack-dedicated vertical vortex airflow server cooling

摘要

A vortex-producing fan controller uses a variable-speed vortex-producing fan to create a helical airflow within a server rack that couples with cooled air entering a data center through a floor opening situated near a bottom of the server rack and that draws the cooled air up through the server rack in a helical pattern. An input air temperature of air entering the variable-speed vortex-producing fan is measured using readings from a fan input air temperature sensor positioned above the server rack. A speed of the variable-speed vortex-producing fan and a flow rate of the cooled air coupled within the helical airflow up through the server rack are adjusted responsive to changes in the input air temperature of the air entering the variable-speed vortex-producing fan.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a fan input air temperature sensor positioned above a server rack; and a processor of a vortex-producing fan controller programmed to:
create, using a variable-speed vortex-producing fan, a helical airflow within the server rack that couples with cooled air entering a data center through a floor opening situated near a bottom of the server rack and that draws the cooled air up through the server rack in a helical pattern;measure, using readings from the fan input air temperature sensor positioned above the server rack, an input air temperature of air entering the variable-speed vortex-producing fan; andadjust, responsive to changes in the input air temperature of the air entering the variable-speed vortex-producing fan, a speed of the variable-speed vortex-producing fan and a flow rate of the cooled air coupled with the helical airflow up through the server rack.