Server room managing air conditioning system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9307679-B2
Application number	US-201213408354-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 29, 2012
Priority date	Mar 15, 2011
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, a server room managing air conditioning system includes: a first coil; a second coil; and an air supply fan. The first coil adjusts returned air of a server room to a predetermined temperature value lower than a supplied air temperature target value and dehumidifies the returned air. The second coil adjusts the returned air of the server room to a predetermined temperature value higher than the supplied air temperature target value so that the supplied air temperature target value and a supplied air humidity target value can be achieved when the returned air is mixed with air adjusted by the first coil. The air supply fan mixes the returned air and supplies the mixed returned air as the supplied air to the server room.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A server room management air conditioning system in which the air conditioning system performs an air conditioning of the server room in an all circulation mode in which outside air is not introduced but supplied air is manufactured from returned air and supplied to the server room, the server room management air conditioning system comprising:
a coil setting control device configured to obtain an estimated amount of absolute humidity in the server room in the all circulation mode,
first coils in which the number of the coils which are to be used for humidity control out of a group of coils is determined, by the coil setting control device, in response to the estimated amount of absolute humidity in the server room in the all circulation mode, wherein the first coils are configured to adjust the returned air of the server room to a predetermined temperature value lower than a predetermined supplied air temperature target value to perform dehumidification;
second coils in which the number of the coils out of the group of coils which are to be used is determined, by the cooling coil control device, for temperature control in response to the estimated amount of absolute humidity in the server room in the all circulation mode, which are installed in a same area as an area of the first coils, and which adjusts the returned air of the server room to a predetermined temperature value higher than the supplied air temperature target value so that the returned air takes the supplied air temperature target value and a predetermined supplied air humidity target value when the returned air is mixed with air adjusted by the first coils; and
an air supply fan that mixes the returned air adjusted by the first coils and the returned air adjusted by the second coils to supply as supplied air to the server room.

2. The server room management air conditioning system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a cooling coil control device which turns off the first coils when a supplied air humidity measurement value falls below a lower limit value of a supplied air humidity target range including the supplied air humidity target value and turns on the first coils when the supplied air humidity measurement value exceeds an upper limit value of the supplied air humidity target range.

3. The server room management air conditioning system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a humidity control device which determines temperature and amount of refrigerant necessary for humidity control of the returned air by the first coils based on a pre-stored cooling volume related to a difference between the supplied air humidity target value and the supplied air humidity measurement value so as to minimize a difference between a supplied air humidity measurement value and the supplied air humidity target value.

4. The server room management air conditioning system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a humidity control device which determines temperature and amount of refrigerant for the returned air by the first coils based on a pre-stored cooling volume related to a difference between the supplied air humidity target value and the supplied air humidity measurement value so as to minimize a difference between the supplied air humidity measurement value and the supplied air humidity target value.

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

• F24F3/14

  by humidification; by dehumidification · CPC title

• H05K7/20709

  for server racks or cabinets; for data centers, e.g. 19-inch computer racks · CPC title

• H05K7/20745

  within rooms for removing heat from cabinets, e.g. by air conditioning device · CPC title

• G05D27/02

  characterised by the use of electric means · CPC title

• G05D23/1931

  to control the temperature of one space · CPC title