Patent ID: 11907030
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:
simultaneously operating multiple cooling fans together to draw cooling air into the enclosed interior of the chassis enclosure through the cooling air inlets from an atmosphere surrounding an outside of the external walls of the chassis enclosure and to circulate the cooling air from the cooling air inlets to the cooling air outlets to provide the cooling air of the airflow through the enclosed interior of the chassis enclosure of the information handling system to cool the one or more heat-producing components within the enclosed interior of the chassis enclosure;
determining a current real time rotational speed of each of the multiple cooling fans and a current real time value of electric power consumed by each of the multiple cooling fans;
determining a current real time volumetric airflow rate of the cooling air circulated by each given one of the multiple cooling fans from the cooling air inlets to the cooling air outlets through the enclosed interior of the chassis enclosure as a function of the determined current real time value of electric power consumption of the given cooling fan and the determined current rotational speed of the given cooling fan; and
summing together the determined current real time volumetric air flow rates of the cooling air circulated from the cooling air inlets to the cooling air outlets through the enclosed interior of the chassis enclosure by the multiple cooling fans to determine a total current real time volumetric airflow rate of the cooling air circulated from the cooling air inlets to the cooling air outlets through the enclosed interior of the chassis enclosure by all of the multiple cooling fans operating together.