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US Patent 6834811 - Market-based temperature control system and method
US Patent Issued on December 28, 2004
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
April 1, 2023Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
April 1, 2023Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractA temperature control system and method uses a market-based approach to control the temperature of regions within an unpartitioned space, such as a computer data center. Market agents may be associated with regions of the data center that may contain one or more heat-generating processor racks. Prices for the thermal resources may be established. The market agents may generate bids for thermal resources to be delivered to the respective regions. The bids may be based in part on differences between the measured temperatures and the target temperatures of the regions. Sets of the market agents are assigned to control of sets of thermal resources. Delivery of the thermal resources to the regions is controlled by the market agents. | InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 10405307 filed on 04/01/2003US Classes:236/49.3, Electrically actuated62/178, Diverse control or response62/259.2, With electrical component cooling705/37, Trading, matching, or bidding700/296, Time based control (e.g., real time or duty cycle)165/238, Means storing set point for particular time of day (e.g., clock thermostat, etc.)236/47, HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE ALTERNATE700/295, Power allocation management (e.g., load adding/shedding)62/229By external cooled gasField of Search236/49.3, Electrically actuated62/259.2, With electrical component cooling62/178, Diverse control or response62/180, External fluid and refrigeration producer705/37Trading, matching, or biddingExaminersPrimary: Norman, MarcUS Patent References4217646, Automatic control system for a buildingIssued on: 08/12/1980 Inventor: Caltagirone , et al.4661914, Energy management control apparatus Issued on: 04/28/1987 Inventor: Mulokey , et al.5394324, Auction-based control system for energy resource management in a building Issued on: 02/28/1995 Inventor: Clearwater5924486, Environmental condition control and energy management system and method Issued on: 07/20/1999 Inventor: Ehlers, et al.6115698, Apparatus and method for trading electric energy Issued on: 09/05/2000 Inventor: Tuck, et al.6119052, Market-based control system for controlling object motion with smart matter Issued on: 09/12/2000 Inventor: Guenther, et al.6216956Environmental condition control and energy management system and method Issued on: 04/17/2001 Inventor: Ehlers, et al. Foreign Patent References
International ClassesF24F 700F24F 1102 |
