Power supply system and method of managing the same

US9949411B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Elwha LLC · US

Inventors

• Christian L. Belady · Mercer Island, US
• Douglas M. Carmean · Beaverton, US
• William Gates · Redmond, US
• Shaun L. Harris · McKinney, US
• Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
• Muriel Y. Ishikawa · Livermore, US
• Sean M. James · Olympia, US
• Brian A. Janous · Issaquah, US
• Jordin T. Kare · Seattle, US
• Jie Liu · Bellevue, US
• Max N. Mankin · Seattle, US
• Gregory J. McKnight · Bellevue, US
• Craig J. Mundie · Seattle, US
• Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
• Tony S. Pan · Bellevue, US
• Clarence T. Tegreene · Bellevue, US
• Yaroslav A. Urzhumov · Bellevue, US
• Charles Whitmer · North Bend, US
• Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US
• Victoria Y.H. Wood · Livermore, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 15, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 17, 2018
• Expiry date: May 15, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/50
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A power supply system for a data center includes a cooling circuit, an electrochemical power generator, a sensor, and a processor. The cooling circuit includes a fluid configured to receive heat energy generated by a server located in the data center. The electrochemical power generator is configured to receive and/or generate the fluid of the cooling circuit and to generate electrical energy for the server using the fluid. The sensor is configured to obtain data regarding the server. The processor is configured to control an amount of heat energy transferred from the server to the fluid based on the data.