An analysis of the effects of ceiling height on air distribution in data centers

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 112 PART 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 623-631

  Sorell, Vali ^a,b   Abougabal, Yousef ^a,b   Khankari, Kishor ^a,c   Gandhi, Viralkumar ^a,d   Watve, Aashish ^a,d  

^a ASHRAE ^*  (United States)

^b Syska Hennessy Group Inc   (United States)

^c Fluent Inc   (United States)

^d ANSYS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; DATA CENTERS; SUPPLY HEAT INDEX (SHI);

AIR CONDITIONING; DATA REDUCTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CEILINGS;

EID: 33646683611     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. ASHRAE. 2004. Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments. Atlanta: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.
2. Sharma, R.K., C.E. Bash, and C.D. Patel. 2002. Dimensionless parameters for evaluation of thermal design and performance of large-scale data centers, 8th A/AA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, St. Louis.
3. Sorell, V., J. Yang, and S. Escalante. 2005. Comparison of overhead and underfloor air delivery systems in a data center environment using CFD modeling. ASHRAE Transactions 111(2):756-764.
4. Herrlin, M.K. 2005. Rack cooling effectiveness in data centers and telecom central offices: The rack cooling index (RCI). ASHRAE Transactions 111(2):725-731.