Kratos: Automated management of cooling capacity in data centers with adaptive vent tiles

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn 10, Issue PART A, 2010, Pages 269-278

  Wang, Zhikui ^a   McReynolds, Alan ^a   Felix, Carlos ^a   Bash, Cullen ^a   Hoover, Christopher ^a   Beitelmal, Monem ^a   Shih, Rocky ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLERS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; FLOORS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; WAGES;

AUTOMATED MANAGEMENT; COLD AIR; COOLING CAPACITY; DATACENTER; FLOOR TILE; LABOR COSTS; POWER-DISSIPATION; RAISED FLOORS; TEST BED; TIME-SCALES;

MIMO SYSTEMS;

EID: 77954286180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2009-11747     Document Type: Conference Paper

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