Energy efficient thermal management of data centers via open multi-scale design: A review of research questions and approaches

Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-30

  Joshi, Yogendra ^a   Samadiani, Emad ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data center; Multi objective design; Multi scale modeling; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

CHIP SCALE; CHIP TEMPERATURE; CHIP-LEVEL; COLD AIR; COOLING UNIT; DATA CENTERS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DESIGN PROBLEMS; DESIGN SOLUTIONS; DIFFERENT SCALE; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY USAGE; ENERGY-EFFICIENT DESIGN; FOUR-ORDER; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; LENGTH SCALE; MULTI OBJECTIVE; MULTI-OBJECTIVE DESIGN; MULTI-OBJECTIVE PROBLEM; MULTI-SCALE DESIGN; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; MULTISCALE MODELS; MULTISCALES; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; REDUCED-ORDER MODELING; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SCALABLE DESIGN; SELECTED EXAMPLES; SYSTEM DESIGN; THERMAL MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DATA REDUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

DESIGN;

EID: 79955692282     PISSN: 10655131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.v18.i1.20     Document Type: Article

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