Schneider Electric It Corporation

Healey, Christopher, M.

Vangilder, James, W.

Johansen, Martin

Dalgas, Mikkel

Martin Johansen

James William VanGilder

Mikkel Dalgas

Christopher M Healey

James W Vangilder

A system and method for predicting airflow within a data center using a potential flow technique is provided. In one aspect, a method includes automatically generating an unstructured grid, the unstructured grid comprising a plurality of unstructured grid cells, each unstructured grid cell having a size, dividing a representation of the data center into the plurality of unstructured grid cells, determining airflow velocity values for each of the plurality of unstructured grid cells using airflow velocity potentials, determining a temperature value for each one of the plurality of the unstructured grid cells using the airflow velocity values, determining a concentration value for each of the plurality of the unstructured grid cells using the airflow velocity values, and calculating a comparison result indicating whether the concentration values, the airflow velocity values and the temperature values for the plurality of the unstructured grid cells satisfy convergence criteria.

Systems and methods for predicting fluid dynamics in a data center

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Vejle, Denmark

Martin Johansen