Energy efficient data centers using evaporative cooling and air side economizers

ASME 2011 Pacific Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Systems, InterPACK 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 623-627

  Iyengar, Madhusudan ^a   Schmidt, Roger ^a  

^a IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR INLET TEMPERATURE; AIR SIDES; AIR STREAMS; AIR TEMPERATURE; CHILLER PLANTS; COMPUTER EQUIPMENTS; COMPUTER ROOM AIR CONDITIONING; COOLING LOOPS; DATA CENTER COOLING; DATA CENTERS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY USE; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; HOT CLIMATE; OUTDOOR AIR; OUTDOOR-AIR TEMPERATURE; PARTICULATE FILTRATION; PSYCHOMETRIC CHARTS; SUBSTANTIAL ENERGY; WATER EVAPORATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; EXHIBITIONS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

ECONOMIZERS;

EID: 84860334096     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IPACK2011-52210     Document Type: Conference Paper

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