Design of farm waste-driven supply side infrastructure for data centers

ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 523-530

  Sharma, Ratnesh ^a   Christian, Tom ^a   Arlitt, Martin ^a   Bash, Cullen ^a   Patel, Chandrakant ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM; COMBINED SYSTEM; COMPLEMENTARY CHARACTERISTICS; DAIRY COW; DATA CENTERS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; MUTUAL BENEFIT; POWER REQUIREMENT; RESOURCE FLOWS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; WASTE FUELS;

EFFLUENTS; FARMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; WASTE HEAT;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 84860307173     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2010-90219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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