Server room managing air conditioning system and air conditioning control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9237680-B2
Application number	US-201213410504-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2012
Priority date	Nov 2, 2010
Publication date	Jan 12, 2016
Grant date	Jan 12, 2016

Abstract

In an embodiment, an air conditioning system for managing a server room, which has first and second spaces separated from each other, in which a server is installed between the first and second spaces, and supply air flowed into the first space is heated by heat generation of the server, and flows out as return air via the second space, includes: a cold air generation device; an air supply fan; a first differential pressure gauge; and a control device. The cold air generation device generates supply air satisfying a predetermined condition. The air supply fan flows the generated supply air into the first space. The first differential pressure gauge measures a differential pressure of a static pressure of the second space with respect to a static pressure of the first space.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An air conditioning system for managing a server room, in which a server is installed between first and second spaces, and supply air flowed into the first space is heated by heat generation of the server, and flows out as return air via the second space, thereby to control air conditioning in the server room, the air conditioning system comprising:
a cold air generation device that generates cold air satisfying a predetermined condition;
an air supply fan that flows the cold air generated by the cold air generation device into the first space;
a first differential pressure gauge that measures a differential pressure of a static pressure of the second space with respect to a static pressure of the first space;
a return air thermometer that measures a temperature of the return air flowed out from the second space,
a first control value decision unit that decides a first control value of a rotating speed of the air supply fan in order to prevent air from flowing from the second space to the first space based on the differential pressure measured by the first differential pressure gauge,
a second control value decision unit that decides a second control value of the rotating speed of the air supply fan in order to lower a temperature of the return air when the temperature of the return air measured by the return air thermometer is higher than a set threshold value,
a first output unit that outputs a control set value based on a larger control value between the first control value and the second control value,
a first rotating speed control unit that controls based on the control set value output by the first output unit.

2. The air conditioning system for managing a server room according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the first differential pressure gauges are installed,
further comprising a differential pressure selector that selects a smallest differential pressure among differential pressures measured by the plurality of first differential pressure gauges,
wherein the first control value decision unit decides the first control value based on the differential pressure selected by the differential pressure selector.

3. The air conditioning system for managing a server room according to either one of claims 1 and 2 , wherein a plurality of the return air thermometers are installed,
further comprising return air temperature selector that selects a highest return air temperature measurement value among return air temperature measurement values measured by the plurality of return air thermometers,
wherein the second control value decision unit decides the second control value based on the return air temperature measurement value selected by the return air temperature selector.

4. The air conditioning system for managing a server room according to either one of claims 1 and 2 , further comprising:
an air return fan that flows in return air from the second space of the server room; and
a second differential pressure gauge that measures a differential pressure between a static pressure in the air conditioning system and a static pressure of air outside of the server room,
a second output unit that outputs a control set value for rising a rotating speed of the air return fan when the static pressure of the air outside of the server room is higher than the static pressure in the air conditioning system based on the differential pressure measured by the second differential pressure gauge,
a second rotating speed control unit that controls a rotating speed of the air return fan based on a control set value output by the second output unit.

5. A server managing system comprising:
a server room in which a server is installed between first and second spaces, the server having a fan that flows air from the first space into the second space, and supply air flowed into the first space is heated by heat generation of the server and flows out as return air via the second space, thereby to control air conditioning in the server room,
a cold air generation device that generates cold air satisfying a predetermined condition;
an air supply fan that flows the cold air generated by the cold air generation device into the first space;
a first differential pressure gauge that measures a differential pressure of a static pressure of the second space with respect to a static pressure of the first space;
a return air thermometer that measures a temperature of the return air flowed out from the second space,
a first control value decision unit that decides a first control value of a rotating speed of the air supply fan in order to prevent air from flowing from the second space into the first space based on the differential pressure measured by the first differential pressure gauge,
a second control value decision unit that decides a second control value of the rotating speed of the air supply fan in order to lower a temperature of the return air when the temperature of the return air measured by the return air thermometer is higher than a set threshold value,
a first output unit that outputs a control set value based on a larger control value between the first control value and the second control value,
a first rotating speed control unit that controls the fan rotating speed based on the control set value output by the first output unit.

6. An air conditioning control method for managing a server room, in which a server is installed between first and second spaces, and supply air flowed into the first space is heated by heat generation of the server, and flows out as return air via the second space, thereby to control air conditioning in the server room, the air conditioning control method comprising:
generating supply air satisfying a predetermined condition by a cold air generation device;
flowing the supply air generated by the cold air generation device into the first space, by an air supply fan;
measuring a differential pressure of a static pressure of the second space with respect to a static pressure of the first space, by a first differential pressure gauge;
measuring a temperature of the return air flowed out from the second space, by a return air thermometer; and
deciding a first control value of a rotating speed of the air supply fan in order to prevent air from flowing from the second space into the first space based on the differential pressure measured by the differential pressure gauge, deciding a second control value of the rotating speed of the air supply fan in order to lower a temperature of the return air when the temperature of the return air measured by the return air thermometer is higher than a set threshold value, outputting a control set value based on a larger control value between the first control value and the second control value, and controlling the rotating speed of the air supply fan based on the output control set value, by a control device.

Assignees

• Murayama Dai
• Takagi Yasuo
• Hanada Yuuichi
• Ootani Hideyoshi
• Kinoshita Tomoyuki
• Morimoto Hiroshi
• Takahashi Koubun
• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Murayama Dai
• Takagi Yasuo
• Hanada Yuuichi
• Ootani Hideyoshi
• Kinoshita Tomoyuki
• Morimoto Hiroshi
• Takahashi Koubun

Classifications

• F24F11/77

  by controlling the speed of ventilators · CPC title

• F24F11/63

  Electronic processing · CPC title

• F24F11/46

  Improving electric energy efficiency or saving · CPC title

• F24F2011/0067

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• H05K7/20836

  Thermal management, e.g. server temperature control · CPC title