1. An information handling system comprising:
a housing;
a processor disposed in the housing and operable to execute instructions that process information;
a memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the instructions and information;
a communications link disposed in the housing and interfacing the processor and memory with plural card slots, each card slot operable to accept a card having a processing function and to interface the card with the communication link; and
a non-rotational air moving device inserted in at least one of the card slots, the non-rotational air moving device receiving power from the card slot and applying the power to move air.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one of the card slots comprises a WWAN network interface card slot operable to accept a WWAN network interface card that establishes communication with a mobile network service provider network.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein the non-rotational air moving device comprises a bellows-based fan.
4. The system of claim 3 wherein the bellows-based fan is driven by a piezoelectric element powered by the card slot.
5. The system of claim 3 wherein the bellows-based fan is driven by an electromagnetic element powered by the card slot.
6. The system of claim 1 further comprising a thermal manager interfaced with the communications link and operable to detect whether a non-rotational air moving device or a wireless networking card is inserted in the at least one card slot, the thermal manager operable to apply a first set of thermal parameters if a non-rotational air moving device is detected and a second set of thermal parameters if a wireless networking card is inserted.
7. The system of claim 6 wherein the at least one card slot comprises an M.2 card slot.
8. The system of claim 6 wherein the thermal parameters comprise processor clock speeds set for temperatures detected by a temperature sensor.
9. The system of claim 6 wherein the housing comprises a non-vented planar housing.
10. A method for building an information handling system, the method comprising:
assembling processing components in a planar housing;
interfacing the processing components through a communication link; and
selectively assembling one of a non-rotational air moving device or a wireless networking device in a card slot interfaced with the communication link.
11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:
powering the non-rotational air moving device with a power interface of the card slot; and
controlling the application of power to move air with the non-rotational air moving device by sending commands through the communication link.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the card slot comprises an M.2 card slot.
13. The method of claim 10 further comprising: determining with a thermal manager that the non-rotational air moving device is installed;
monitoring thermal conditions of the planar housing for one or more predetermined thresholds; and
in response to the thermal threshold, applying power to the air moving device to move air within the planar housing.
14. The method of claim 13 wherein the one or more predetermined thresholds comprise a housing skin temperature.
15. The method of claim 13 wherein the one or more predetermined thresholds comprise a CPU temperature.
16. The method of claim 10 wherein the non-rotational air moving device comprises a piezoelectric bellows-based fan.
17. The method of claim 10 further comprising:
in response to the determining the non-rotational air moving device is installed, adjusting thresholds of the thermal manager including at least a temperature threshold associated with CPU throttling; and
monitoring thermal conditions of the planar housing for the adjusted thresholds.
18. The system for managing thermal conditions within a tablet information handling system having a sealed housing, the system comprising:
a communications card slot operable to accept a wireless communication network interface card;
a bellows-based air moving device coupled to the communications card slot; and
a thermal manager interfaced with the communications card slot and operable to detect whether the bellows-based air moving device is coupled to the communications card slot, the thermal manager operable to adjust thermal parameters for operating the tablet information handling system when the bellows-based air moving device is coupled to the communications card slot.
19. The system of claim 18 wherein the thermal parameters comprise a CPU clock speed relative to sensed temperature for a housing having a vent.
20. The system of claim 18 wherein the communications card slot comprises an M.2 card slot operable to accept a wireless wide area network interface card operable to interface with a mobile telephone wireless network.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A carbon dioxide capture apparatus having a temperature swing adsorption mode for selective separation of carbon dioxide from flue gases which contain carbon dioxides, comprising:
a carbon dioxide sorption column including a carbon dioxide adsorption unit in which adsorption of carbon dioxide from flue gases occurs;
a carbon dioxide desorption column connected to the carbon dioxide sorption column and including a carbon dioxide desorption unit in which desorption of the adsorbed carbon dioxide occurs;
a carbon dioxide absorbent repeatedly adsorbing and desorbing carbon dioxide while circulating through the carbon dioxide sorption column and the carbon dioxide desorption column; and
a heat exchange unit in which heat exchange occurs between the absorbent after carbon dioxide adsorption and the absorbent after carbon dioxide desorption.
2. The carbon dioxide capture apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the absorbent after carbon dioxide adsorption and the absorbent after carbon dioxide desorption are moved under bubbling fluidized bed conditions and dilute fluidized bed conditions in the heat exchange unit, respectively, and the heat exchange unit is placed upstream of the sorption column.
3. The carbon dioxide capture apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the absorbent after carbon dioxide adsorption and the absorbent after carbon dioxide desorption are moved under dilute fluidized bed conditions and bubbling fluidized bed conditions in the heat exchange unit, respectively, and the heat exchange unit is placed downstream of the sorption column.
4. The carbon dioxide capture apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the absorbent after carbon dioxide adsorption and the absorbent after carbon dioxide desorption are moved under dilute fluidized bed conditions and bubbling fluidized bed conditions in the heat exchange unit, respectively, and the heat exchange unit is placed upstream of the desorption column.
5. The carbon dioxide capture apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the absorbent after carbon dioxide adsorption and the absorbent after carbon dioxide desorption are moved under bubbling fluidized bed conditions and dilute fluidized bed conditions in the heat exchange unit, respectively, and the heat exchange unit is placed downstream of the desorption column.
6. The carbon dioxide capture apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the carbon dioxide adsorption unit is provided with cooling means.
7. The carbon dioxide capture apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the carbon dioxide desorption unit is provided with heating means.
8. The carbon dioxide capture apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the absorbent after carbon dioxide adsorption and the absorbent after carbon dioxide desorption are moved in different directions each other in the heat exchange unit.
9. The carbon dioxide capture apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the heat exchange unit has a structure in which tubes through which the absorbent after carbon dioxide desorption is moved are inserted into a tube through which the absorbent after carbon dioxide adsorption is moved or tubes through which the absorbent after carbon dioxide adsorption is moved are inserted into a tube through which the absorbent after carbon dioxide desorption is moved.
10. The carbon dioxide capture apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the heat exchange unit has a structure in which planar passages through which the absorbent after carbon dioxide adsorption is moved are in face-to-face contact with planar passages through which the absorbent after carbon dioxide desorption is moved.
11. The carbon dioxide capture apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a carbon dioxide adsorptiondesorption unit comprising the carbon dioxide sorption column, the carbon dioxide desorption column, the carbon dioxide absorbent, and the heat exchange unit is provided in plurality and heat exchange occurs between the carbon dioxide adsorptiondesorption units.
12. The carbon dioxide capture apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the carbon dioxide adsorptiondesorption units are filled with carbon dioxide absorbents having different adsorption andor desorption temperatures.
13. A carbon dioxide capture method having a temperature swing adsorption mode for selective separation of carbon dioxide from flue gases, comprising following steps of:
allowing an absorbent to adsorb carbon dioxide from flue gases in a carbon dioxide adsorption unit;
allowing the absorbent to desorb the adsorbed carbon dioxide in a carbon dioxide desorption unit connected to the carbon dioxide sorption column; and
allowing heat exchange to occur between the absorbent after carbon dioxide adsorption and the absorbent after carbon dioxide desorption.