Mobile waterborne energy platform that produces electrical power

    公开(公告)号:US20170222586A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-03

    申请号:US14591638

    申请日:2015-01-07

    Abstract: A mobile waterborne energy platform systems and methods comprising a purpose built marine vessel, a pre fabricated building structure, a plurality of fuel cells or generators, a plurality of fuel tanks, a plurality of mechanical equipment, a plurality of electrical equipment and a method to transmit electrical power to shore or to another marine vessel. The mobile waterborne energy platform systems and methods described may be employed to quickly provide utility grade electrical power to remote austere locations. The electrical power may be produced by a plurality of fuel cells or generators configured on a mobile waterborne vessel that may be transported to remote areas to provide an on site electrical power source for critical infrastructure, communications, emergency or medical facilities. The systems and methods are ideal for military purposes where troops may be deployed in remote locations without readily available utility grade electrical power.

    CLOSED-LOOP COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170202107A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-13

    申请号:US14280040

    申请日:2014-05-16

    CPC classification number: H05K7/20272 G06F1/20 G06F2200/201 H05K7/2079

    Abstract: A water based closed loop cooling system employed to cool waterborne data center facility generally comprise a plurality of filtered water intake pipes, a plurality of filtered water exhaust pipes, a plurality of heat exchangers, a plurality of closed loop cooling systems or closed loop coolant distribution units that may use freshwater as a coolant, and a plurality of piping systems. The energy efficient water based closed loop cooling system and method described may use naturally occurring cold water as a heat sink in a plurality of heat exchange systems. The systems and methods described in this document may be employed to provide an energy efficient water-based closed-loop cooling system to maintain interior ambient conditions suitable for proper operation of the plurality of computer systems therein.

    DATA CENTER TOTAL RESOURCE UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY (TRUE) SYSTEM AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20190033945A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-31

    申请号:US15663782

    申请日:2017-07-30

    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed include methods and systems that adaptively, in real-time, evaluate data center performance, assess data center efficiency, data center sustainability, data center availability, compute performance, storage performance and provide data center customers with an overall data center performance rating, presented as a Total Resource Utilization Efficiency or TRUE score. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding computer systems, apparatus, and computer programs recorded on one or more computer storage devices, each configured to perform the actions of the methods. Other embodiments of the methods or systems include addition of newly defined metrics as categories or sub-categories to be used to calculate data center TRUE score.

    Scaled down, efficient data center

    公开(公告)号:US10178810B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-08

    申请号:US14959691

    申请日:2015-12-04

    Abstract: Systems and methods disclose self-contained data center facility operations, management and build comprising, in the data center facility, installing a plurality of computer servers contained in a corresponding plurality of configurable rack mounted containers, a single or plurality of heat exchangers operatively coupled to the configurable rack mounted containers, and comprised in a thermal heat exchange system which further comprises a closed loop cooling unit. The closed loop cooling unit is caused to absorb heat from the single or plurality of heat exchangers. Additionally, systems and methods disclosed include power management functionality operatively coupled to control functionality, wherein the power management functionality is configured to assess a data center power requirement, and to draw and supply power based on the assessed requirement, and wherein the data center control unit is configured to calculate a data center environment, infrastructure and component condition, and based on the calculated condition, control the environment, infrastructure and component condition for optimal efficiency.

    Modular data center deployment method and system for data center vessels

    公开(公告)号:US20170202113A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-13

    申请号:US15256579

    申请日:2016-09-04

    CPC classification number: H05K7/20781 H05K7/1491 H05K7/1492 H05K7/1497

    Abstract: A modular data center build method and system including prefabricated data center modules comprised of a plurality of racks, a plurality of rack- mounted computer systems, a door, electrical systems, cooling systems, power connections, water connections, video systems, biometric access system and a fire safety system. A steel beam structure may be employed to secure multiple vertical levels of a plurality of data center modules. The described modular data center build method and system with prefabricated data center modules may be employed to quickly deploy a data center in a repeatable sustainable manner, drastically reducing the build deployment time of a data center from design to fully operational.

    Data center facility
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11246243B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-08

    申请号:US14591249

    申请日:2015-01-07

    Abstract: Waterborne data center facility systems and methods comprising a purpose-built marine vessel, a pre-fabricated data center facility structure, a plurality of computer systems, a plurality of energy-efficient water-based heat exchange systems, a plurality of energy efficient closed loop cooling systems, a plurality of data center modules and a plurality of electrical power generators. Described systems and methods may be employed to quickly deploy an energy-efficient waterborne data center facility. Described waterborne data center facility is transportable and may be moved to areas where data center facility and data center type services are needed. Water-based heat exchange and closed-loop cooling system enable energy-efficient cooling to data center facility and the plurality of computing systems therein. Power generators may be used to provide power to data center facility. Waterborne data center facility may prove helpful in areas following natural disasters or for military purposes where data center services are needed but not readily available.

    Data center management systems and methods for compute density efficiency measurements

    公开(公告)号:US10216606B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-26

    申请号:US15283097

    申请日:2016-09-30

    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed include data center infrastructure management (DCIM) systems and methods configured to, collect data center compute systems, power systems, and facility systems data, trigger an action or actions based on a diagnosed or predicted condition according to the collected data, and thereby control via a compute, power, and facilities module, the compute systems, power systems and facility systems in the data center. According to an embodiment, the control via the compute, power, and facilities module comprises calibrating the compute, power, and facility systems based on an estimated compute requirement, and an associated power, cooling, and network data resource requirement. The estimated compute requirement comprises estimating compute density per real-time power wattage, and storage density per real-time power wattage.

    Closed-loop cooling system and method

    公开(公告)号:US10111361B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-23

    申请号:US14280040

    申请日:2014-05-16

    Abstract: A water based closed loop cooling system employed to cool waterborne data center facility generally comprise a plurality of filtered water intake pipes, a plurality of filtered water exhaust pipes, a plurality of heat exchangers, a plurality of closed loop cooling systems or closed loop coolant distribution units that may use freshwater as a coolant, and a plurality of piping systems. The energy efficient water based closed loop cooling system and method described may use naturally occurring cold water as a heat sink in a plurality of heat exchange systems. The systems and methods described in this document may be employed to provide an energy efficient water-based closed-loop cooling system to maintain interior ambient conditions suitable for proper operation of the plurality of computer systems therein.

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