Comparison of overhead and underfloor air delivery systems in a data center environment using CFD modeling

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 111 PART 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 756-764

  Sorell, Vali ^a,b   Escalante, Steve ^a,c   Yang, Jun ^a,c  

^a ASHRAE ^*  (United States)

^b Syska Hennessy Group Inc   (United States)

^c Syska Hennessy Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DATA CENTER; DATA SPACE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 29144454168     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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