Presentation and documentation » History » Version 5
David Božjak, 06.02.2011 13:14
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3 | 2 | Aleksander Bešir | {{toc}} |
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5 | 3 | David Božjak | h2. The goal of the presentation |
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7 | 3 | David Božjak | The goal of the presentation is to describe the problem and the corresponding solution of computer cooling systems. |
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9 | 3 | David Božjak | h2. The problem |
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11 | 3 | David Božjak | Our computer systems require enormous amounts of power, most of which is converted to heat while they are in use. Fun fact: A typical computer processor produces more heat per square cm (W/cm^2) than an electric iron! This isn't a huge problem in a personal environment, however the problem quickly grows out of proportion on a corporate scale. Giant server farms produce an enormous amount of dissipated energy and their cooling systems can never (ever!) fail because of the priceless data stored within. |
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13 | 3 | David Božjak | To ensure constant temperatures within data centers redundant air conditioning systems are used thus wasting even more energy! |
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15 | 3 | David Božjak | h2. The solution |
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17 | 3 | David Božjak | We have envisioned a system that can automatically regulate the amount of power used by the air conditioning systems in order to ensure temperatures within the preset limits while minimizing the amount of power used by the cooling systems. |
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19 | 3 | David Božjak | Of course we understand the necessity of manual control, that's why Eneraptor allows human input through a Human Machine Interface, conveniently accessible through a web browser from anywhere in the world. |
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21 | 3 | David Božjak | h3. The Human Machine Interface |
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23 | 4 | David Božjak | Our system is accessible through a web portal where one can: |
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25 | 5 | David Božjak | * Control the system parameters, |
26 | 5 | David Božjak | * inspect the current state of the system and the surrounding world, |
27 | 5 | David Božjak | * manually adjust the actions being taken, |
28 | 5 | David Božjak | * inspect the history of the system in a simple, reader friendly form. |
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30 | 3 | David Božjak | h3. A scalable solution |
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32 | 3 | David Božjak | We thought of several additional problems one might encounter such as: |
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34 | 5 | David Božjak | * large areas where one control unit isn't sufficient, |
35 | 5 | David Božjak | * a large number of measuring or air conditioning devices and |
36 | 5 | David Božjak | * the geographical dispersion of data centers, |
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38 | 3 | David Božjak | and we have attempted to encapsulate solutions to all of them in our Human Machine Interface. |
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40 | 3 | David Božjak | h3. Manufacturers support |
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42 | 3 | David Božjak | We have thought about the interaction between our system and the working commercial solutions - the air conditioning systems. We wanted to create a system where a air conditioning manufacturer could support our system by providing simple device manager programs for their hardware. We can see a opportunity for beneficial partnerships between our system and hardware manufacturers - the supported hardware would be additionally advertised as green while our supported hardware list would grow with no cost to the Eneraptor system. |
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44 | 3 | David Božjak | h3. Proof of concept - the simulation results |
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46 | 3 | David Božjak | <to do> |
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48 | 3 | David Božjak | h3. Technical details |
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50 | 3 | David Božjak | <to do, discuss the level of details we are willing to go into> |
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52 | 3 | David Božjak | h2. Vision for the future |
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54 | 3 | David Božjak | Our solution is a work in progress. Even while developing this version of the system we have discovered several possible improvements. We welcome all input and will continue to polish our product to satisfy the needs of potential users. |