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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
May. 15, 2017
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christian L. Belady, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Douglas M. Carmean, Seattle, WA (US);
William Gates, Medina, WA (US);
Shaun L. Harris, College Station, TX (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Sean M. James, Olympia, WA (US);
Brian A. Janous, Issaquah, WA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, San Jose, CA (US);
Jie Liu, Medina, WA (US);
Max N. Mankin, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory J. McKnight, Bellevue, WA (US);
Craig J. Mundie, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Tony S. Pan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Yaroslav A. Urzhumov, Bellevue, WA (US);
Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
A power supply system for a data center includes a cooling circuit, an electrochemical power generator, a sensor, and a processor. The cooling circuit includes a fluid configured to receive heat energy generated by a server located in the data center. The electrochemical power generator is configured to receive and/or generate the fluid of the cooling circuit and to generate electrical energy for the server using the fluid. The sensor is configured to obtain data regarding the server. The processor is configured to control an amount of heat energy transferred from the server to the fluid based on the data.