An exergy-based control strategy for computer room air-conditioning units in data centers

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD

Volumn 375, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-66

  Shah, Amip J ^a   Van Carey, P ^a   Bash, Cullen E ^b   Patel, Chandrakant D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Availability; Data centers; Exergy; Second law analysis; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COOLING SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXERGY; FUNCTIONS; HEAT LOSSES;

DATA CENTERS; MOORE'S LAW; SECOND-LAW ANALYSIS; THERMAL MANAGEMENT;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 20344393410     PISSN: 02725673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2004-61384     Document Type: Conference Paper

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