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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Alan Claassen, Fremont, CA (US);
Hendrik F. Hamann, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Woodstock, NY (US);
James A. Lacey, Mahopac, NY (US);
Yves C. Martin, Ossining, NY (US);
Roger R. Schmidt, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Theodore G. van Kessel, Millbrook, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques for cooling in a data center are provided. In one aspect, a computer equipment rack is provided comprising one or more air inlets; one or more exhaust outlets; and one or more of: an air inlet duct mounted to the computer equipment rack surrounding at least a portion of the air inlets, the air inlet duct having a lateral dimension that approximates a lateral dimension of the computer equipment rack and a length that is less than a length of the computer equipment rack, and an air exhaust duct mounted to the computer equipment rack surrounding at least a portion of the exhaust outlets, the air exhaust duct having a lateral dimension that approximates the lateral dimension of the computer equipment rack and a length that is less than the length of the computer equipment rack.