Experimental-numerical comparison for a high-density data center: Hot spot heat fluxes in excess of 500 W/ft2

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 166-172

  Shrivastava, Saurabh K ^a   Iyengar, Madhusudan ^b   Sammakia, Bahgat G ^c   Schmidt, Roger ^b   VanGilder, James W ^a  

^a American Power Conversion Corporation   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

^c State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling; Data center; Experimental measurement; Numerical validation; Raised floor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; FLOORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX;

CONDITIONING UNITS; DATA CENTER; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENT; HEAT-PRODUCING; HIGH DENSITIES; HOT SPOTS; INLET AIR TEMPERATURES; INLET TEMPERATURES; NUMERICAL COMPARISONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL VALIDATION; RAISED FLOOR; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; TEST DATUM; TEST RESULTS;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 63049121399     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAPT.2008.2011558     Document Type: Article

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