System and method for facilitating homogenized distribution of airflow in a data center

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10451300-B2
Application number	US-201615003872-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2016
Priority date	Jan 23, 2015
Publication date	Oct 22, 2019
Grant date	Oct 22, 2019

Abstract

Disclosed is a system for facilitating homogenized distribution of airflow, generated from one or more cooling units, in a data center. The virtual data center creation module for creating a virtual environment of the data center. The airflow channel determination module for dividing the architectural layout into one or more partitions to determine one or more airflow channels corresponding to each of the one or more partitions. The CRAC placement module for positioning the at least one cooling unit in an airflow channel, of the one or more airflow channels, in a manner such that the airflow moves in a streamline manner within the airflow channel. The vein determination module for determining position of each of a plurality of veins inside the airflow channel. The vein shape determination module for determining shape of each vein that facilitates the homogenized distribution of the airflow.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A processor-implemented method for facilitating homogenized distribution of airflow, generated from one or more cooling units, in a data center, the method comprising:
creating, by a processor, a virtual environment of the data center by importing an architectural layout of the data center;
dividing, by the processor, the architectural layout into one or more partitions to determine one or more airflow channels corresponding to each of the one or more partitions, wherein each airflow channel comprises at least one cooling unit of the one or more cooling units;
positioning, by the processor, the at least one cooling unit in an airflow channel, of the one or more airflow channels, in a manner such that the airflow moves in a streamline manner within the airflow channel;
determining, by the processor, position of each of a plurality of veins inside the airflow channel, wherein the position is determined based on a length of the airflow channel and CFD simulation, wherein the plurality of veins distributes equal airflow, generated by the at least one cooling unit, inside the data center and wherein the position of each of the plurality of veins is determined by maintaining equal distance between two successive veins of the plurality of veins; and
determining, by the processor, shape of each vein that facilitates the homogenized distribution of the airflow, wherein the shape of each vein is determined based on the CFD simulation, wherein the shape of each vein includes vein extension towards the airflow channel and geometry of each vein outside the airflow channel, wherein results of the CFD simulation are compared with pre-defined metrics for the homogenized distribution of the airflow in the data center, thereby turbulence at each vein extension portion towards the airflow channel is zero and the airflow moves in a stream line flow manner and wherein the pre-defined metrics comprises variability of the airflow at each vein from an average airflow distributed from the corresponding vein.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one cooling unit in the airflow channel is positioned based on one or more constraints comprising wall column, pillar or any other obstruction in the data center.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising tuning the position of each vein and the shape of each vein based on the results of the CFD simulation.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the CFD simulation is performed on different shapes of a vein of the plurality of veins and different positions of the vein in order to select the shape and the position for the vein from the different shapes and the different positions respectively.

5. A system for facilitating homogenized distribution of airflow, generated from one or more cooling units, in a data center, the system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is capable of executing a plurality of modules stored in the memory, and wherein the plurality of modules comprising:
a virtual data center creation module for creating a virtual environment of the data center by importing an architectural layout of the data center;
an airflow channel determination module for dividing the architectural layout into one or more partitions to determine one or more airflow channels corresponding to each of the one or more partitions, wherein each airflow channel comprises at least one cooling unit of the one or more cooling units;
a CRAC placement module for positioning the at least one cooling unit in an airflow channel, of the one or more airflow channels, in a manner such that the airflow moves in a streamline manner within the airflow channel;
a vein determination module for determining position of each of a plurality of veins inside the airflow channel, wherein the position is determined based on a length of the airflow channel and CFD simulation, wherein the plurality of veins distributes equal airflow, generated by the at least one cooling unit, inside the data center and wherein the position of each of the plurality of veins is determined by maintaining equal distance between two successive veins of the plurality of veins; and
a vein shape determination module for determining shape of each vein that facilitates the homogenized distribution of the airflow, wherein the shape of each vein is determined based on the CFD simulation, wherein the shape of each vein includes vein extension towards the airflow channel and geometry of each vein outside the airflow channel, wherein results of the CFD simulation are compared with pre-defined metrics for the homogenized distribution of the airflow in the data center, thereby turbulence at each vein extension portion towards the airflow channel is zero and the airflow moves in a stream line flow manner and wherein the pre-defined metrics comprises variability of the airflow at each vein from an average airflow distributed from the corresponding vein.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the at least one cooling unit in the airflow channel is positioned based on one or more constraints comprising wall column, pillar or any other obstruction in the data center.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a program executable in a computing device for facilitating homogenized distribution of airflow, generated from one or more cooling units, in a data center, the program comprising a program code:
a program code for creating a virtual environment of the data center by importing an architectural layout of the data center;
a program code for dividing the architectural layout into one or more partitions to determine one or more airflow channels corresponding to each of the one or more partitions, wherein each airflow channel comprises at least one cooling unit of the one or more cooling units;
a program code for positioning the at least one cooling unit in an airflow channel, of the one or more airflow channels, in a manner such that the airflow moves in a streamline manner within the airflow channel;
a program code for determining position of each of a plurality of veins inside the airflow channel, wherein the position is determined based on a length of the airflow channel and CFD simulation, wherein the plurality of veins distributes equal airflow, generated by the at least one cooling unit, inside the data center and wherein the position of each of the plurality of veins is determined by maintaining equal distance between two successive veins of the plurality of veins; and
a program code for determining shape of each vein that facilitates the homogenized distribution of the airflow, wherein the shape of each vein is determined based on the CFD simulation, wherein the shape of each vein includes vein extension towards the airflow channel and geometry of each vein outside the airflow channel, wherein results of the CFD simulation are compared with pre-defined metrics for the homogenized distribution of the airflow in the data center, thereby turbulence at each vein extension portion towards the airflow channel is zero and the airflow moves in a stream line flow manner and wherein the pre-defined metrics comprises variability of the airflow at each vein from an average airflow distributed from the corresponding vein.

Assignees

• Tata Consultancy Services Ltd

Inventors

• Singh Umesh
• Singh Amarendra Kumar
• Sivasubramaniam Anand

Classifications

• G06F30/20

  Design optimisation, verification or simulation (optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30) · CPC title

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  Computer-aided design [CAD] · CPC title

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  for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring · CPC title

• F24F11/62

  characterised by the type of control or by internal processing, e.g. using fuzzy logic, adaptive control or estimation of values · CPC title

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  electric · CPC title