Optimization of outside air cooling in data centers

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 519-525

  Kumari, Niru ^a   Shih, Rocky ^a   McReynolds, Alan ^a   Sharma, Ratnesh ^a   Christian, Tom ^a   Bash, Cullen ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR COOLING; ANNUAL AVERAGE; DATA CENTERS; HOT AIR; IT EQUIPMENT; LOCAL DISTRIBUTIONS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; OPERATION TIME; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUPPLY AIR TEMPERATURE;

ECONOMIZERS; EXHIBITIONS; OPTIMIZATION;

COOLING;

EID: 84860349020     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IPACK2011-52132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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