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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2010
James W. Vangilder, Pepperell, MA (US);
Zachary R. Sheffer, Boston, MA (US);
Xuanhang Zhang, Tewksbury, MA (US);
James W. VanGilder, Pepperell, MA (US);
Zachary R. Sheffer, Boston, MA (US);
Xuanhang Zhang, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Schneider Electric IT Corporation, West Kingston, RI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods provide determinations of airflow from a raised floor plenum. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method is provided for predicting airflow from a plurality of openings in a plenum, including determining an average air pressure in the plenum, determining an airflow value for each of the openings based on the average air pressure, dividing the plenum into a plurality of grid cells, determining a value for airflow velocity for each of the grid cells, determining an air pressure value at each of the openings based on the airflow velocity, determining a new airflow value for each one of the plurality of openings based on the air pressure value, determining whether a difference between the new airflow values and previous airflow values is greater than a threshold, and storing the new airflow value for each one of the plurality of openings as a final airflow value.