US 12,408,294 B2
Hybrid grid for data center computational fluid dynamics analysis
James William VanGilder, Pepperell, MA (US); Wei Tian, Andover, MA (US); and Michael B. Condor, Chelmsford, MA (US)
Assigned to SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION, Foxboro, MA (US)
Filed by SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION, Foxboro, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/056,819.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/265,365, filed on Dec. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0189474 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20209 (2013.01) [H05K 7/20718 (2013.01); H05K 7/20836 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for determining and displaying in a graphical user interface one or more of air temperature, pressure, or velocity in an information technology (IT) room including an IT equipment rack, the system comprising:
a hardware processor configured to:
receive an input comprising a model of a layout of equipment within an IT room;
define a primary computational grid including base grid cells with dimensions having a first ratio;
define a set of computational grid origin offsets for the model;
determine a hybrid computational grid having base grid cells, an origin offset selected from among the set of computational grid origin offsets, and a variable grid for the model associated with the computational grid origin offset having a lowest total penalty score;
perform a computational fluid dynamics analysis of the model utilizing the hybrid computational grid;
provide an output including airflow velocities and temperatures of one or more racks of information technology equipment in the IT room; and
generate, based on the output, a display in a graphical user interface illustrating one or more of air temperatures, air pressures, or the airflow velocities within the IT room.