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Title: Effectiveness-weighted control method for a cooling system

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OSTI ID:1230006
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Energy efficient control of cooling system cooling of an electronic system is provided based, in part, on weighted cooling effectiveness of the components. The control includes automatically determining speed control settings for multiple adjustable cooling components of the cooling system. The automatically determining is based, at least in part, on weighted cooling effectiveness of the components of the cooling system, and the determining operates to limit power consumption of at least the cooling system, while ensuring that a target temperature associated with at least one of the cooling system or the electronic system is within a desired range by provisioning, based on the weighted cooling effectiveness, a desired target temperature change among the multiple adjustable cooling components of the cooling system. The provisioning includes provisioning applied power to the multiple adjustable cooling components via, at least in part, the determined control settings.

Research Organization:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
EE0002894
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Patent Number(s):
9,213,343
Application Number:
13/783,618
OSTI ID:
1230006
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Dec 15
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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