Thermal measuring and testing – Heat flux measurement
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-05
2010-11-16
Verbitsky, Gail (Department: 2855)
Thermal measuring and testing
Heat flux measurement
C374S134000, C374S135000, C374S137000, C374S141000, C374S109000, C374S044000, C165S287000, C702S130000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07832925
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating simulation of heated airflow exhaust of an electronics subsystem, electronics rack or row of electronics racks. The apparatus includes a thermal simulator, which includes an air-moving device and a fluid-to-air heat exchanger. The air-moving device establishes airflow from an air inlet to air outlet side of the thermal simulator tailored to correlate to heated airflow exhaust of the electronics subsystem, rack or row of racks being simulated. The fluid-to-air heat exchanger heats airflow through the thermal simulator, with temperature of airflow exhausting from the simulator being tailored to correlate to temperature of the heated airflow exhaust of the electronics subsystem, rack or row of racks being simulated. The apparatus further includes a fluid distribution apparatus, which includes a fluid distribution unit disposed separate from the fluid simulator and providing hot fluid to the fluid-to-air heat exchanger of the thermal simulator.
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Archibald Matthew R.
Chu Richard C.
Hamann Hendrik F.
Iyengar Madhusudan K.
Schmidt Roger R.
Heslin Rothenberg Farley & & Mesiti P.C.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Monteleone, Esq. Geraldine
Radigan, Esq. Kevin P.
Verbitsky Gail
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