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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2006
Randall A. Yates, Burbank, CA (US);
Bran Ferren, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, CA (US);
Russel Howe, Glendale, CA (US);
Ira M. Lichtman, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Kenneth D. Salter, Glendale, CA (US);
Randall A. Yates, Burbank, CA (US);
Bran Ferren, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, CA (US);
Russel Howe, Glendale, CA (US);
Ira M. Lichtman, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Kenneth D. Salter, Glendale, CA (US);
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling a plurality of fans operatively disposed in a shipping container. The fans are arranged in a plurality of banks within a closed fluid path. Each bank has a sub-set of the fans arranged in a plurality of horizontal layers. Two banks form an adjacent pair in the closed fluid path if a fluid exiting one of the two banks next enters the other of the two banks. The method includes determining a proposed fluid flow rate for each of the banks. The method also includes modifying each of the flow rates by a respective scaling factor such that the flow rates for each adjacent pair satisfy a continuity criteria. The method further includes controlling the fans based on the modified flow rates.