CONTROL DEVICE, COOLING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM

To provide a control device for achieving optimum operation of a cooling system.SOLUTION: A control device of a cooling system supplies refrigerant to load equipment to cool the load equipment. The control device includes means for determining a flow rate of the refrigerant when a total amount becomes a minimum on the basis of information showing relations among an allowable temperature of the load equipment, a heat quantity of the load equipment, the flow rate of the refrigerant, and the total amount of power of a plurality of apparatuses required to supply the refrigerant to the load equipment, and the allowable temperature of the load equipment and the heat quantity of the load equipment, means for calculating respective operation points of the plurality of apparatuses on the basis of the flow rate of the refrigerant determined by the determination means, and means for respectively controlling the plurality of apparatuses on the basis of the operation points calculated by the means for calculating the operation points.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】冷却システムの最適運転を実現する制御装置を提供する。【解決手段】冷媒を負荷機器へ供給して前記負荷機器を冷却する冷却システムの制御装置であって、前記負荷機器の許容温度と前記負荷機器の発熱量と前記冷媒の流量と前記冷媒を前記負荷機器に供給するために必要な複数の機器の動力の合計との関係を示す情報と、前記負荷機器の許容温度と前記負荷機器の発熱量とに基づいて、前記合計が最小となるときの前記冷媒の流量を決定する手段と、前記決定する手段が決定した前記冷媒の流量に基づいて、前記複数の機器それぞれの運転点を算出する手段と、前記運転点を算出する手段が算出した前記運転点に基づいて、前記複数の機器それぞれを制御する手段と、を備える制御装置。【選択図】図１