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Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

David Barron, Austin, TX (US);

Rachael C. Freitas, Austin, TX (US);

Howard V. Mahaney, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Benjamin W. Mashak, Rochester, MN (US);

George Zacharakis-Jutz, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 19/00 (2006.01); F04D 27/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); F04D 25/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 27/004 (2013.01); F04D 19/002 (2013.01); F04D 25/166 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06F 1/206 (2013.01); F05D 2270/303 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for cooling a heat generating enclosure includes a first array of one or more fans of a first size and a second array of one or more fans of a second size, where the second array is in series to the first array. The system also includes a measuring unit configured to measure at least one process variable. The system also includes a control unit configured to control at least one of the fans in the first array or at least one of the fans in the second array based on the process variable, wherein the fans are controlled to achieve an optimization criterion.


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