Facility-level DC vs. typical AC distribution for data centers: A comparative reliability study

IEEE Region 10 Annual International Conference, Proceedings/TENCON

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2102-2107

  Sithimolada, V ^a   Sauer, P W ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical facilities; Data centers; DC distribution; Reliability

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL FACILITIES; DATA CENTERS; DC DISTRIBUTION; DC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; DC SYSTEM; INHERENT AVAILABILITY; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; RELIABILITY DATA; RELIABILITY LEVEL; RELIABILITY METRICS; RELIABILITY MODEL; SURVIVAL FUNCTION; UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLIES;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC LOAD DISTRIBUTION; POWER QUALITY; POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REDUNDANCY;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79951600151     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TENCON.2010.5686625     Document Type: Conference Paper

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