Patents by Inventor Binghua Zhang

Binghua Zhang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10757834
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a water chilling unit for cooling a data center are provided. The method includes: acquiring a current water output parameter, a current water input parameter, a current water flow parameter and a current outdoor temperature parameter of each water chilling unit of the data center; pre-processing the water output parameter, the water input parameter, the water flow parameter and the outdoor temperature parameter to obtain a characteristic parameter of each water chilling unit; importing the characteristic parameters of each water chilling unit into a pre-established machine learning model to obtain the current electric power of each water chilling unit; and determining a water chilling unit for cooling the data center on the basis of a preset cooling load, a rated cooling capacity of the water chilling unit and the current electric power of each water chilling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiming Luo, Tianyu Zhou, Binghua Zhang
  • Patent number: 10617040
    Abstract: An objective of the present disclosure is to provide a cooling system for a data center. The system includes: a cabinet hot aisle, disposed above a cabinet; a hot airflow passage, disposed at a top of the data center, a ventilating fan being disposed between the hot airflow passage and the cabinet hot aisle; an exterior wall heat exchanging structure, disposed on an exterior wall of the hot airflow passage, a surface of the exterior wall heat exchanging structure adopting a turbulent airflow heat exchanging structure; and a cold airflow passage, communicated with the cabinet, a natural cold air supply damper being disposed between the cold airflow passage and the hot airflow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tangbo Jing, Tianyu Zhou, Binghua Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190208668
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a refrigeration system and refrigeration method for a data center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hu TANG, Xiaozhong LI, Binghua ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190166725
    Abstract: A liquid-cooled server chassis includes: a case; one or more liquid-cooling modules, each liquid-cooling module including a housing, a gas outlet valve, and a liquid return valve, wherein the gas outlet valve and the liquid return valve are opened in an operation of the liquid-cooling module, and the liquid-cooling module accommodates a single server and is filled with coolant during operation; a connector configured to connect the liquid-cooling module to a power source; and a circulation portion including an gas outlet pipe, a liquid return pipe, a vapor processing part, and a liquid collecting part. The server can be taken out separately for maintenance or replacement without affecting the operation of other servers. In addition, a condenser is disposed outside the liquid-cooling module so that the coolant cannot contaminate the server and the reliability of the chassis is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Tangbo Jing, Xiaogang Sun, Binghua Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190166715
    Abstract: A cooling system for a data center includes: at least one liquid-cooling heat exchanger disposed above each of the integrated circuit boards to dissipate heat from a first heat source disposed on the integrated circuit board through an internal circulation coolant in the liquid-cooling heat exchanger; a liquid-cooling distributing device comprising a first pipeline in communication with the liquid-cooling heat exchanger, a second pipeline in communication with a first cooling tower, and a heat exchanger configured to cool the internal circulation coolant from the liquid-cooling heat exchanger to a first temperature through an external circulation coolant from the first cooling tower; and the first cooling tower configured to cool the external circulation coolant supplied via the second pipeline to the second temperature, wherein the first temperature is higher than the second temperature. As a result, energy consumption can be reduced and chip-level cooling can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Zhiming Luo, Xiaozhong Li, Binghua Zhang
  • Patent number: 10305595
    Abstract: The disclosures provide a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving interface signals of a distributed base station. At least one channel of Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) signals of a distributed base station are encapsulated into optical transport unit x (OTUx) signals in a frame structure of OTUx by adopting Generic Mapping Procedure (GMP) mapping scheme, wherein the x represents a transmission capacity and wherein the OTUx is adopted for providing a bandwidth required by the at least one channel of CPRI signals, and then the OTUx signals that bear the at least one channel of CPRI signals are sent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingxin Tan, Xin Xiao, Zhiyong Huang, Chaoyang Li, Binghua Zhang, Wei Du, Hanguo Li
  • Patent number: 10282968
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an intelligent monitoring method and apparatus. One specific implementation of the method comprises: determining, based on a plurality of parameter values of a warning associated parameter of a to-be-monitored apparatus within a preset period, a time dependent characteristic that parameter values of the warning associated parameter; and determining a target period, based on the parameter values of the warning associated parameter of the to-be-monitored apparatus at a current time and the time dependent characteristic of the parameter values of the warning associated parameter, and determining whether to generate a warning information based on a period interval encompassing the target period. The warning of possible faults in the operation of industrial equipment is implemented, without a manual monitoring of the operation of the industrial equipment is not required and a complete automated operation of the industrial equipment is implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hu Tang, Xiaoyun Yan, Jianchao Cao, Yiming Luo, Lifei Zhang, Binghua Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190124798
    Abstract: A cooling system of a data center computer room and a data center are provided. A specific embodiment of the system comprises: a liquid cooling system, including a liquid cooling cabinet, a heat exchanger forming a first circulation loop with the liquid cooling cabinet, and a cooling tower forming a second circulation loop with the heat exchanger; and a radiant cooling system, including a water pipe absorbing radiant heat in the data center computer room, a water chilling unit forming a third circulation loop with the water pipe, and a cooling tower forming a fourth circulation loop with the water chilling unit. The embodiment has improved the cooling efficiency of the data center computer room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Zhiming LUO, Tianyu ZHOU, Binghua ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190120531
    Abstract: An energy supply system recycling data center waste heat comprises: a cooling system recycling data center waste heat, the cooling system recycling a high-temperature coolant outputted by a data center, and transferring heat of the high-temperature coolant to an absorption refrigerator using a heat exchanger, to enable the absorption refrigerator to absorb the heat of the high-temperature coolant and make the heat into cold for cooling a to-be-cooled apparatus; and a heat supply system recycling data center waste heat, the heat supply system recycling the high-temperature coolant outputted by the data center, and transferring the heat of the high-temperature coolant to a to-be-heated apparatus using the heat exchanger; where the data center comprises a plurality of liquid cooled cabinets, the liquid cooled cabinets absorbing heat of the data center to generate the high-temperature coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Zhiming LUO, Tianyu ZHOU, Binghua ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190104642
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a water chilling unit for cooling a data center are provided. The method includes: acquiring a current water output parameter, a current water input parameter, a current water flow parameter and a current outdoor temperature parameter of each water chilling unit of the data center; pre-processing the water output parameter, the water input parameter, the water flow parameter and the outdoor temperature parameter to obtain a characteristic parameter of each water chilling unit; importing the characteristic parameters of each water chilling unit into a pre-established machine learning model to obtain the current electric power of each water chilling unit; and determining a water chilling unit for cooling the data center on the basis of a preset cooling load, a rated cooling capacity of the water chilling unit and the current electric power of each water chilling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Zhiming LUO, Tianyu ZHOU, Binghua ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190053404
    Abstract: An objective of the present disclosure is to provide a cooling system for a data center. The system includes: a cabinet hot aisle, disposed above a cabinet; a hot airflow passage, disposed at a top of the data center, a ventilating fan being disposed between the hot airflow passage and the cabinet hot aisle; an exterior wall heat exchanging structure, disposed on an exterior wall of the hot airflow passage, a surface of the exterior wall heat exchanging structure adopting a turbulent airflow heat exchanging structure; and a cold airflow passage, communicated with the cabinet, a natural cold air supply damper being disposed between the cold airflow passage and the hot airflow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Tangbo JING, Tianyu ZHOU, Binghua ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10187173
    Abstract: In the wavelength selective switch provided in the present invention, at least one optical element is successively arranged in the wavelength selective switch according to a sequence of processing optical signals. The at least one optical element receives a service optical signal from a service laser, receives a monitoring optical signal from a monitoring laser, and performs same optical signal processing on the service optical signal and the monitoring optical signal according to a processing function of the at least one optical element, where a wavelength of the service optical signal and a wavelength of the monitoring optical signal are different. A service optical signal processed by the at least one optical element and a monitoring optical signal processed by at least one optical element are output, where the monitoring optical signal processed by the at least one optical element is used for monitoring performance of the wavelength selective switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heliang Liu, Binghua Zhang, Junzi Lian
  • Patent number: 10143112
    Abstract: The machine cabinet for dissipating heat includes a housing, and an inner chamber, a liquid working medium accommodating area, a heat exchanger and a delivery passage disposed in the housing. The inner chamber is in a vacuum state and accommodates electronic devices to be cooled; the liquid working medium accommodating area accommodates a liquid working medium, the liquid working medium is converted into a gas working medium to enter the heat exchanger after cooling the electronic devices to be cooled; the heat exchanger liquefies the gas working medium into a liquid working medium and guides the liquid working medium obtained by liquefying the gas working medium into the delivery passage; and the delivery passage is connected with the heat exchanger and the liquid working medium accommodating area and guides the liquid working medium obtained by liquefying the gas working medium into the liquid working medium accommodating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hu Tang, Xianguang Tan, Tianyu Zhou, Ruiquan Ding, Binghua Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180324504
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an intelligent monitoring method and apparatus. One specific implementation of the method comprises: determining, based on a plurality of parameter values of a warning associated parameter of a to-be-monitored apparatus within a preset period, a time dependent characteristic that parameter values of the warning associated parameter; and determining a target period, based on the parameter values of the warning associated parameter of the to-be-monitored apparatus at a current time and the time dependent characteristic of the parameter values of the warning associated parameter, and determining whether to generate a warning information based on a period interval encompassing the target period. The warning of possible faults in the operation of industrial equipment is implemented, without a manual monitoring of the operation of the industrial equipment is not required and a complete automated operation of the industrial equipment is implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Hu Tang, Xiaoyun Yan, Jianchao Cao, Yiming Luo, Lifei Zhang, Binghua Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180295752
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a cooling system employable in data centers. An specific embodiment of the cooling system comprises: a first refrigeration medium, a first evaporator, a first condenser, and an all-condition cooling tower, wherein: the first evaporator is installed in a to-be-cooled space, the first evaporator is connected to the first condenser, an installation position of the first condenser is higher than an installation position of the first evaporator; the first condenser is connected to the all-condition cooling tower, and the all-condition cooling tower is disposed outside the to-be-cooled space, the all-condition cooling tower is used for providing the first condenser with a cold source for cooling the first refrigeration medium in a gaseous state. The cooling system provided by the embodiment has the advantages of simple structure, convenient installation and maintenance and low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Hu Tang, Binghua Zhang, Tianyu Zhou
  • Publication number: 20180152259
    Abstract: In the wavelength selective switch provided in the present invention, at least one optical element is successively arranged in the wavelength selective switch according to a sequence of processing optical signals. The at least one optical element receives a service optical signal from a service laser, receives a monitoring optical signal from a monitoring laser, and performs same optical signal processing on the service optical signal and the monitoring optical signal according to a processing function of the at least one optical element, where a wavelength of the service optical signal and a wavelength of the monitoring optical signal are different. A service optical signal processed by the at least one optical element and a monitoring optical signal processed by at least one optical element are output, where the monitoring optical signal processed by the at least one optical element is used for monitoring performance of the wavelength selective switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heliang LIU, Binghua ZHANG, Junzi LIAN
  • Publication number: 20170359919
    Abstract: The present application discloses a machine cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Hu TANG, Xianguang TAN, Tianyu ZHOU, Ruiquan DING, Binghua ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170336857
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for controlling an operation state of a data center. The method includes: calculating operating parameters at an optimal operation state point of the data center in a current outdoor environment condition via an operation state model of the data center according to service requirements of an IT equipment side and tolerable conditions of indoor environment; sending the operating parameters at the optimal operation state point of the data center to the data center, such that the data center operates according to the operating parameters at the optimal operation state point of the data center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Xiaogang SUN, Hong LIU, Tianyu ZHOU, Binghua ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170104539
    Abstract: The disclosures provide a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving interface signals of a distributed base station. At least one channel of Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) signals of a distributed base station are encapsulated into optical transport unitx (OTUx) signals in a frame structure of OTUx by adopting Generic Mapping Procedure (GMP) mapping scheme, wherein the x represents a transmission capacity and wherein the OTUx is adopted for providing a bandwidth required by the at least one channel of CPRI signals, and then the OTUx signals that bear the at least one channel of CPRI signals are sent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Jingxin TAN, Xin XIAO, Zhiyong HUANG, Chaoyang LI, Binghua ZHANG, Wei DU, Hanguo LI
  • Patent number: 9564973
    Abstract: The disclosures provide a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving interface signals of a distributed base station. At least one channel of Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) signals of a distributed base station are encapsulated into optical transport unit x (OTUx) signals in a frame structure of OTUx by adopting Generic Mapping Procedure (GMP) mapping scheme, wherein the x represents a transmission capacity and wherein the OTUx is adopted for providing a bandwidth required by the at least one channel of CPRI signals, and then the OTUx signals that bear the at least one channel of CPRI signals are sent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingxin Tan, Xin Xiao, Zhiyong Huang, Chaoyang Li, Binghua Zhang, Wei Du, Hanguo Li