Measurements and predictions of the air distribution systems in high compute density (Internet) data centers

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1107-1115

  Cho, Jinkyun ^a,b   Lim, Taesub ^b   Kim, Byungseon Sean ^b  

^a HIMEC (Hanil Mechanical Electrical Consultants) Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air distribution system (ADS); CFD simulation; Cold aisle; Cooling system; Data center; Hot aisle

Indexed keywords

AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (ADS); CFD SIMULATION; COLD AISLE; DATA CENTER; HOT AISLE;

COOLING; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MACHINE DESIGN; REMOVAL; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 67949089537     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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