Data center air management metrics-practical approach

2010 12th IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tozer, Robert ^a   Salim, Munther ^a  

^a Hewlett Packard Critical Facilities Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Air management benchmarking; Air management metrics; Balance; Bypass; Data center; Irreversibilities; Negative pressure flow; Recirculation

Indexed keywords

AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; AIR FLOW; AIR MANAGEMENT; AIR-CONDITIONING DESIGN; BENCHMARKING DATA; BYPASS FLOW; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTER ROOMS; COOLING EQUIPMENT; DATA CENTER; DATA CENTERS; DESIGN FLOW RATE; DESIGN PRACTICE; ENERGY AUDIT; ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES; INTERNAL RESOURCES; LESSONS LEARNED; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; POWER DISTRIBUTION UNITS; RE-CIRCULATION FLOW; RECIRCULATIONS; SPECIFIC HARDWARE; SPECIFIC LOCATION;

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; DESIGN; ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENGINEERS; FLOORS; INLET FLOW; PLANNING; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SERVERS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77955218418     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITHERM.2010.5501366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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