Solar thermal driven cooling system for a data center in Albuquerque New Mexico

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 185-193

  Fumo, N ^a   Bortone, V ^b   Zambrano, J C ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Johnson Controls Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DEL TÁCHIRA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Absorption chiller; Data centers cooling; Solar cooling

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CHILLERS; COLLECTOR ARRAYS; COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKING; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; COOLING PLANTS; DATA CENTERS; DATA STORAGE; ELECTRIC CHILLERS; FLAT-PLATE SOLAR COLLECTORS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENTS; KEY FACTORS; NET PRESENT VALUE; NEW MEXICO; POWER DELIVERY SYSTEMS; PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION; REDUCTION STRATEGY; SOLAR COOLING; SOLAR THERMAL; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; SOURCE OF ENERGY; THERMAL STORAGE;

ABSORPTION COOLING; COOLING TOWERS; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT STORAGE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; REFRIGERATORS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84860311118     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2010-90136     Document Type: Conference Paper

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