Development and experimental validation of an exergy-based computational tool for data center thermal management

Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference 2004, HT/FED 2004

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 965-971

  Shah, Amip J ^a   Carey, Van 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; Experimental validation; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COOLING SYSTEMS; EXERGY; HEAT LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

DATA CENTRES; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; RECIRCULATIONS; THERMAL MANAGEMENT;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 21544462294     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ht-fed2004-56528     Document Type: Conference Paper

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