From chip to cooling tower data center modeling: Influence of air-stream containment on operating efficiency 1

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In the drive to enhance data center energy efficiency, much attention has been placed on the prospect of airflow containment in hot-aisle cold-aisle raised floor arrangements. Such containment prevents airflow recirculation, eliminating the mixing effects of the hot and cold air streams that can cause an undesirable temperature rise at the inlet of the equipment racks. The intuitive assessment of the industry has been that the elimination of such mixing effects increases the energy efficiency...

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Authors: Breen, T; Walsh, E; Punch, J; Shah, A; Bash, C

• Journal: Journal of Electronic Packaging, Transactions of the ASME
• Volume: 134
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 041006-041006
• Publication date: 2012-01-01
• DOI: 10.1115/1.4007110
• EISSN: 1528-9044
• ISSN: 1043-7398
• Language: English