Patent ID: 11930625
Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A thermal management system for an electronic rack, the thermal management system comprising:
a thermoelectric cooling (TEC) element that is mounted to an information technology (IT) component of the electronic rack, wherein the TEC element and the IT component are electrically coupled to a power source, wherein the TEC element draws a first input power from the power source that cools the IT component;
a load sensor that is arranged to sense a second input power that is drawn by the IT component from the power source to perform a first set of operations;
a temperature sensor that is arranged to sense a temperature of the IT component; and
a controller that is configured to
determine whether the second input power drawn by the IT component has changed based on the load sensor, wherein the IT component performs a second set of operations while drawing the changed second input power, and
in response to the changed second input power, adjust the first input power that is drawn by the TEC element to adjust an amount that the TEC element cools the IT component, resulting in a changed second input power that is drawn from the IT component, the adjusting of the first input power being based on the sensed temperature of the IT component and the changed second input power,
wherein the IT component continues to perform the second set of operations while drawing the adjusted second input power that is less than the changed second input power.