1-7. (canceled)
8. A system for monitoring the temperature of a high powered computing component, the high powered computing component having a thermal sensor and the high powered computing component in thermal communication with a liquid cooled heatsink, the system comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:
determining, by a thermal monitoring module, a temperature of the thermal sensor;
determining, by the thermal monitoring module, a temperature of the heatsink;
determining, by the thermal monitoring module, a power delivered to the high powered computing component; and
calculating, by the thermal monitoring module, a thermal value in dependence upon the temperature of the thermal sensor, the temperature of the heatsink, and the power delivered to the high powered computing component.
9. The system of claim 8 wherein the computer memory has disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:
determining, by the thermal monitoring module, that the thermal value is increasing; and
notifying, by the thermal monitoring module, a system administrator.
10. The system of claim 8 wherein the computer memory has disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:
determining, by the thermal monitoring module, that the thermal value is increasing; and
reducing, by the thermal monitoring module, the temperature of the heatsink.
(increasing the flow of water by the pumps, reducing the temperature of the water in the heatsink)
11. The system of claim 8 wherein the thermal value is a thermal resistance.
12. The system of claim 8 wherein calculating a thermal value in dependence upon the temperature of the thermal sensor, the temperature of the heatsink, and the power delivered to the high powered computing component is carried out according to the formula:
Rth=(Tj\u2212Cplate)P, wherein:
Rth is the thermal value;
Tj is the temperature of the thermal sensor;
Cplate is the temperature of the heatsink; and
P is the power delivered to the high powered computing component.
13. The system of claim 8 wherein the high powered computing component is a processor.
14. The system of claim 8 wherein the temperature sensor is a thermal diode.
15. A computer program product for monitoring the temperature of a high powered computing component, the high powered computing component having a thermal sensor and the high powered computing component in thermal communication with a liquid cooled heatsink, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:
determining, by a thermal monitoring module, a temperature of the thermal sensor;
determining, by the thermal monitoring module, a temperature of the heatsink;
determining, by the thermal monitoring module, a power delivered to the high powered computing component; and
calculating, by the thermal monitoring module, a thermal value in dependence upon the temperature of the thermal sensor, the temperature of the heatsink, and the power delivered to the high powered computing component.
16. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:
determining, by the thermal monitoring module, that the thermal value is increasing; and
notifying, by the thermal monitoring module, a system administrator.
17. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:
determining, by the thermal monitoring module, that the thermal value is increasing; and
reducing, by the thermal monitoring module, the temperature of the heatsink.
(increasing the flow of water by the pumps, reducing the temperature of the water in the heatsink)
18. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the thermal value is a thermal resistance.
19. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein calculating a thermal value in dependence upon the temperature of the thermal sensor, the temperature of the heatsink, and the power delivered to the high powered computing component is carried out according to the formula:
Rth=(Tj\u2212Cplate)P, wherein:
Rth is the thermal value;
Tj is the temperature of the thermal sensor;
Cplate is the temperature of the heatsink; and
P is the power delivered to the high powered computing component.
20. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the high powered computing component is a processor.
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 process for producing synthesis gas, comprising:
introducing methane and carbon dioxide as gaseous reactants into a reaction chamber and reacting methane and carbon dioxide in said reaction chamber in a bed of carbon-containing solids to give a gaseous product stream containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide,
wherein said bed is guided through said reaction chamber as a moving bed, and the synthesis gas formed in said reaction chamber flows upward countercurrent to said moving bed and is cooled by direct heat exchange with said carbon-containing solids, and
wherein said moving bed flows through said reaction chamber solely under the action of gravity.
2. The process according to claim 1, wherein methane and carbon dioxide are reacted in said reaction chamber at temperatures between 800 to 1600\xb0 C.
3. The process according to claim 1, wherein said carbon-containing solids of said moving bed are carbon-containing granules comprising at least 80% by weight carbon and having a grain size of 0.1 to 100 mm.
4. The process according to claim 1, wherein the oxygencarbon ratio of the gaseous reactants is set so that carbon is formed in the reaction chamber.
5. The process according claim 1, wherein at least some of the thermal energy required for synthesis gas production is generated in the reaction chamber.
6. The process according to claim 1, wherein said moving bed is guided continuously through the reaction chamber.
7. The process according to claim 1, wherein the synthesis gas formed in the reaction chamber is additionally cooled via a circuit formed from carbon-containing solid.
8. The process according to claim 1, wherein the synthesis gas formed in the reaction chamber is additionally cooled via a heat-exchange tube.
9. The process according to claim 1, wherein said carbon-containing solids are granules of low-grade coking-plant coke andor coke breeze.
10. The process according to claim 3, wherein some of the carbon-containing granules removed from the reaction chamber are returned to the reaction chamber.
11. The process according to claim 1, wherein natural gas andor coking-oven gas andor converter gas andor furnace gas from cupola furnaces or blast furnaces are introduced at at least one location into the reaction chamber and are reacted to give synthesis gas.
12. The process according to claim 1, wherein a gas which occurs in the process is cleaned of unwanted substances by being passed through a coke bed.
13. The process according to claim 1, wherein said process is carried out continuously.
14. The process according to claim 1, wherein the oxygencarbon ratio of the gaseous reactants is set so that carbon is removed from the carbon-containing solids.
15. The process according claim 1, wherein at least some of the thermal energy required for synthesis gas production is introduced into the reaction chamber via a hot gas.
16. The process according claim 5, wherein at least some of the thermal energy required for synthesis gas production is introduced into the reaction chamber via a hot gas.
17. The process according to claim 1, wherein said carbon-containing solids are granules of coke based on bituminous coal andor coke obtained from biomass.
18. The process according to claim 1, wherein thermal energy for reacting methane and carbon dioxide in said reaction chamber is generated by oxidation or partial oxidation of a fuel which comprises hydrocarbons andor hydrogen outside the reaction chamber to form a heated gas, and the heated gas formed is introduced into the reaction chamber and guided over the carbon-containing solids.
19. The process according to claim 1, wherein thermal energy for reacting methane and carbon dioxide in said reaction chamber is provided by a hot gas that is generated by guiding a gas stream through an electrical heater arranged outside the reaction chamber whereby the gas stream is heated with the aid of a light arc, and the gas stream is then introduced, at a temperature between 3000 K and 10 000 K, into the reaction chamber.