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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2010
David P. Graybill, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Madhusudan K Iyengar, Woodstock, NY (US);
Jeffrey A. Newcomer, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Roger R. Schmidt, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
David P. Graybill, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Madhusudan K Iyengar, Woodstock, NY (US);
Jeffrey A. Newcomer, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Roger R. Schmidt, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for facilitating cooling of an electronics rack of a data center. The apparatus includes: an airflow director mounted to the electronics rack to redirect airflow exhausting from the electronics rack through an airflow return pathway back towards an air inlet side of the rack; an air-to-liquid heat exchanger disposed within the airflow return pathway for cooling redirected airflow before exiting into the data center near the air inlet side of the rack; an air temperature sensor for monitoring air temperature of the redirected airflow; and an automated isolation door associated with the airflow director for automatically blocking airflow exhausting from the air outlet side of the electronics rack from passing through the airflow return pathway back towards the air inlet side of the rack responsive to temperature of the redirected airflow exceeding a defined temperature threshold.