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To provide cooling, an air handler uses chilled water and a control valve
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whereas an air conditioner uses refrigerant and a compressor
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whereas an air conditioner uses refrigrant and a compressor
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whereas an air conditioner uses refrigerant and a compressor
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this slide demonstrates the type of hybrid air conditioning system,
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with a mixture of a chilled water circuit and a direct expansion system
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The air conditioner unit is equipped with two evaporators in a single unit
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Under the normal conditions, the chiller system is operating,
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supplying cold water to the chilled water circuit
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When the chiller system undergoes maintenance or setters a failure,
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this cold water is no longer available
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At this moment, the direct expansion system takes over,
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to provide the required cooling to the data center
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Therefore, the hybrid solution
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can minimize the risk of cooling interruption to the computer room
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There is a large variety of chiller system types in the market
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of which the basic split is between air cooled and water cooled systems
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The principle is to have one central chiller plant,
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which then fowls the entire building
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Redundancy needs to be well planned, with multiple chillers,
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including redundancy on the electrical system and piping,
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to ensure that the facility
is either concurrently maintainable,
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as per the Rated 3 requirements,
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or fault tolerant in case of Rated 4
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Direct and/or indirect air handlers can be used it outdoor temperature
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conditions in the location of the data center allow you to do so
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Direct air handlers will use the outdoor air,
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and channel this directly into the computer room
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Appropriate filtering of the outdoor air needs to take place,
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to avoid potential dust and gas contamination
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You also need to consider the humidity levels of the outdoor air,
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compared to the desired computer room humility levels
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Indirect handlers will use the outdoor air
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and channel this to an air to air heat exchanger
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the advantage is that the outdoor air will not touch the indoor air,
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and hence no additional filtering and/or humidity control
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is required in the computer room
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In areas where the outdoor temperature conditions are against you
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it is possible to use adiabatic cooling of the air
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before it goes to the air handlers
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There are a number of benefits for direct/indirect air handlers
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I he main advantage is the potential tor savings on the cooling of the data center
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I ess space is required indexes,
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and lower cost of the electrical installation and power consumption
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The drawback is that in the case of adiabatic cooling being used,
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water usage can be high, which in some countries
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may be restricted by local regulations
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As with all systems, you also need to consider redundancy for the water supply,
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to avoid this trom becoming your single point of failure
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Direct air handlers required to be equipped with filters,
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which need to he maintained on a regular basis
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If outdoor humidity needs to be corrected by indoor units,
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this could add additional cost to build, and of course, cost to operate
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Another drawback is a possible legionella contamination of the water
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therefore, regular testing of the water needs to take place
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Now that you know all about cooling systems
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Now that you know all about cooling systems,
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let's have a closer look at cooling principles
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looking at air flow guidance,
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air conditioners are based on up flow which sometimes is referred to as up throw,
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or down flow, sometimes referred to as "down throw
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When the principal is based on up flow,
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the air conditioner in the data center is pushing
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the cold air out from the top of the unit
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Cold air will drop, and therefore falls into various rack rows,
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and gets sucked into the intake of the equipment
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The difficulty with this principle is
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that it is very hard to regulate the amount of cold air tor each area required
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therefore, when this principle is applied,
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air flow uidance is needed by means of ducting
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Another concern with this type of air conditioner unit is,
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that the hot air return is commonly located
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at the bottom front or bottom back of the air conditioner
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Since hot air will rise,
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it will be very hard to get this hot air routed back to the air conditioner
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When the principal is based on down flow
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the air conditioner in the data center is pushing
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the cold air out from the bottom of the unit
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Doing so, the air flow gets pushed into the raised floor area
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I his will result in the pressure being built up under the raised floor
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after which the air is pushed into the computer room
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via perforated tiles in the floor
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I he cold air gets sucked into the intake of the equipment,
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and hot air will be expelled from the back of the rack
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Hot air will rise, and through the ceiling return,
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it is routed back to the top of the air conditioner, the hot air return path
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lookmg at the image on the slide
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the principle of up flow can be applied with or without a raised floor present,
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but when the principle of down flow is applied,
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you must have a raised floor installed, otherwise it will not work
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There are debates going on whether or not to use a raised floor
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There is no perfect answer to that as what is the best
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since it is very much depending on many factors,
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such as the type of equipment being deployed,
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the height that you have available in the room,
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cooling capacity and flexibility required, and so on and so on
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Since most of the equipment is now working on a front to rear principle,
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there is a trend that more and more data centers
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are moving towards a set up without a raised floor
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In the following units, we will have a closer look at the properties
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for botti raised floor and non raised floor cooling
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Raised floors are still used for many computer rooms,
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but data centers without a raised floor are more and more deployed
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Data centers with a raised floor do provide a high level of flexibility,
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to provide cooling as and where it is needed,
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as it is a matter of placing perforated floorboards where they are required
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By changing the type of perforated floorboard,
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it is possible to change the cooling capacity where you have such need present
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Cooling through a raised floor has limitations,
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in terms of how much cooling capacity it can provide,
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and it is relatively costly to install and maintain
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In addition, it also otten providos a limitation
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loading capabilities
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T he raised floor is making use of down flow air conditioners,
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pushing cold air under the floor
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this will create pressure, and having perforated floor tiles
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allows the air pressure to escape into the computer room void itself
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Since cold air needs to be available at the intake of the equipment,
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perforated floor tiles can be found in the front of the rack
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the internal fans suck the cold air into the intake of the ICT systems,
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releasing hot air at the back
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The hot air will rise automatically,
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and will flow back to the air conditioner either via the suspended ceiling,
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or via the room void itself
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This image demonstrates the traditional raised tloor in a classroom setup
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This setup leads to various issues, since the hot air of one rack
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is thrown into the intake of the equipment of the next rack
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This results in the hot air being mixed with the cold air
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that comes from underneath the raised floor,
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and will load to higher intake temperatures
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this set up is outdated, and it is not recommended tor current data center
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A more appropriate set up is what is often
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referred to as the hot and the cold aisle set up
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The racks placed facing front to front and back to back
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It moans that there is a better separation between the hot and the cold air areas
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loading to better efficiency
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There is, however, still some issue of hot and cold air mixing throughout the room
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In order to create a better separation between the hot and cold aisles,
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is to guide the hot air to the intake of the air conditioner
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this can be done using a hot air return duct,
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or a suspended ceiling, such as can be seen in this image
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Both solutions will assist in routing back the hot air to the air conditioner
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such that mixing of hot and cold air is minimised,
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and therefore, optimising both cooling effectiveness and efficiency
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Let's have a look at how to make the most of cooling
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based on the down flow principle
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In order to make the hot and cold aisle principle work,
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make sure that the air conditioners are placed at the right locations
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Air conditioners should be placed perpendicular to the hot aisles
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as can be seen in this image
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This set up will ensure that the hot air from the back of the racks
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is returnin to the air conditioner
in the shortest path possible
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The other advantage is that the cold air leaving the air conditioner
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is flowing underneath the hot aisle here no erforated tiles exist
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This results in a more equalised air ressure within the cold aisle area,
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and therefore a more equalised cooling capacity within each rack
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Having a raised floor will result in having more
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air supply volume at he bottom of the racks
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For this reason ou wish to place the highest heat loads
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in the lower part of the rack
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1 oss volume of air is present in the top of the rack,
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and therefore less cooling capacity,
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so this is the part of the rack where, ideally, you place the lower heal loads
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When using a raised floor,
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you need to make sure that cold air is only going where it is supposed to go,
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which is the area where cold air
is required in the front of the rack
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All other openings in the raised floor are considered to be leakage
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and therefore needs to be closed
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The most common leakage
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from under the raised floor into the back of the rack
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You should close these cable entries in the back of the rack,
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and there are multiple options available in doing so
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You also need to avoid air leakage within the racks
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Hot air is always attracted to cold air areas,
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hence the hot air at the back of the rack
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is travelling back to the front of the rack
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This will lead to inefficiencies,
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and hence, you need to block the hot air from the back travelling to the front
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which can bo done by installin blankin panels,
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which arc also referred to as blind panels
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Cooling of equipment requires the temperature and humidity
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to be within the values recommended by ASHRAE
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In addition to this, you need to make sure that enough air volume is available
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to flow through the ICT equipmerit within the rack
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Air volume displacement is often expressed in multiple units,
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such as CFM, which is short for "Cubic Feet per Minute",
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or CMH, which is short for "Cubic Meter per hour"
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Each ICT system will suck a certain amount of air volume through,
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in order to achieve the cooling capacity required
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the air volume corning out of he raised floor should at least match
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the total required by all equipment within the rack
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The shortage of air volume will result in cooling issues,
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which is one of the most common
issues for cooling in computer rooms
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Therefore, be aware that when you have cooling issues,
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it is most likely not because of the temperature
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and humidity settings on the air conditioner,
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but a shortage of air volume instead so this is what ou need to verify first
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Air flow can be measured with devices like a flow hood,
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can be seen on this slide
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When performing measurements using a flow hood,
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make sure that there are no tiles taken out ot the floor,
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since that will influence the measured values
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Also, if you make use of an air conditioner rotation system,
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you may wish to measure over multiple days,
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to record all the values tor each rotation schedule that you are using
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Do not place too many perforated tiles,
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since it will limit the air volume needed to cool the IT equipment
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Too many openings in the raised floor will ultimately lead
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to a too low static pressure of air
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Understand that cold air needs to be delivered
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only at the intake of the equipment
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Heat load coming out of the equipment is at the back of the rack
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and this heat load needs to be extracted from the computer room
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this is the exact reason
why computer room set-ups
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are based on the cold/hot aisle principle
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and where equipment is installed
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for the hot air to be moved out of the room as fast as possible,
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because this will avoid heat load problems,
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High powered equipment requires more cold air than low powered equipment,
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and because of this it is preferred to install the high powered equipment
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in the lower part of the rack
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finally, looking at the physical position of the air conditioners,
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which can only throw air at a certain distance
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on the capacity of the air conditioner itself
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you can expect approximately 12-18 meters
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which is equivalent to 40-60 feet
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it may be required to have air conditioners at both sides of the aisle
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all equipment should be based on the front to rear type air flow principle
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racks are placed directly on the concrete floor or slab,
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which has been treated with a proper paint coating,
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to avoid contamination from the building slab
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Placing racks directly onto the building floor
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will remove investment costs for the raised floor structure,
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you no longer need to worry about cleaning underneath
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for the purpose of cabling only
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directly to the racks from the side or the top
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In-row cooling is based on the principle
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of having the air conditioner in between the racks
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Having air conditioner equipment close to the ICT equipment
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will assist in cooling efficiency improvements
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Placing cooling equipment inside computer rack rows
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will however, result in less
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Also, not every data center is keen on installing
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cooling equipment close to the ICT systems,
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knowing that the maintenance for the cooling systems
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is commonly performed by third party vendors
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Some in row units are based on water and although water is a very good coolant,
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any water leakage may cause damage to the data center,
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and if water gets in contact with the electrical infrastructure,
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there is a higher risk of equipment unavailability
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Obviously, water is not the only option
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Non raised floor environments can also be cooled
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using cold and hot air ducts placed in the computer room
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I ho cold air ducts are positioned in the front of the racks,
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and cold air will fall down and will gel sucked into the intake of the equipment
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through the hot air ducts
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so that the do not hinder the air flow
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It is common for the ducts to have vents installed,
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so to be able to regulate the air volume,
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based on the Cubic Feet per Minute requirements of the rack
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The ducts need to be properly designed,
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so that it can carry the volume capacity requirement
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In addition, you need to review the redundancy requirements,
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so that it an air conditioner tails or requires maintenance,
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the ICT equipment will not be impacted
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Do not paint the ducts, as overtime the paint will dry out and splinter oil
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leading to particles floating around ending up inside the ICT equipment
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Proper maintenance of the ducts must be performed,
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this includes regular inspections and cleaning
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Doing so, reaise that
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and therefore, safety practices must apply at all times
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A relative new concept is the wall flow, also referred to as a fan wall system
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I his concept is more or less similar to the set up
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having CRAH systems
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with the difference that this concept does not require a raised floor,
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since the air is now coming from a large
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service area in the wall of the computer room
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you need to make sure that the hot air
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is properly channelled back
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This can be a hot aisle containment system,
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with a direct air duct back to the service corridor,
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or by means of the suspended ceiling
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a suspended ceiling is available
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In some cases, air cooling need to be forced because the normal
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In some cases air cooling need to be forced because the normal
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cooling system is not able to deliver enough volume ot air
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One of the systems that can be used is the cool air ducting system
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There are some limitations to this system
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it is a single point of failure, the device creates noise,
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and it emits a low level of EMF,
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so some distance between the unit and IC I equipment
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needs to be taken into consideration
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Cool air ducting systems tit under a perforated tile or a high flow rate tile
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and can be placed in front of a mesh door rack
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The air flow should not be too fast,
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as then it would potentially limit the amount ot air the server is able to draw in
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Also, make sure that the tans are not sucking air volume away from other racks
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Scavenging the hot
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to handle increased ower density
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I he principle is simple,
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if you are able to collect all the hot exhaust air and make it go away,
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it will not create any hotspots,
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and the equipment is always getting cool air horn the air conditioner
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I his system goes up to Z kilowatt per rack,
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and is available for snap on retrofit
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Depending on the system, variable speed may be available
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Do realise the system is focusing on
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extracting heat load from the back ot the rack
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In other words, it will not create more cold air volume at the front of the rack
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You still need to supply a sufficient volume of air
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for the equipment to be properly cooled
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Another option to consider is the use of in row cooling systems,
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which can be placed in between the equipment racks
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The benefit of in row units is the relative short delivery path
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for cold air to be delivered and the hot air to be returned,
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and this will increase the efficiency on the air flow management
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In row units can be combined with under the tloor cooling,
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for areas where high or higher cooling capacity requirement exists
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for which the under the floor cooling
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can no longer deliver sufficient cooling capacity
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Depending on the in row unit,
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the flow can be thrown forward or sideways
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I ho units which throw sideways can also be deployed in non contained areas
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whore the ones that throw the air forward
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are more suitable to be deployed in contained aisle concepts
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I he downside is that these units can be quite noisy,
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and some of the models are based on chilled water supply,
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which means that water will be in the computer room,
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and it poses a certain risk factor
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Rear door heat exchangers are cooling modules
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which are placed at the hack of the rack
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work in a simiar
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I he hot air at the back ot the rack will go through the door,
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which therefore pre cools the hot air before it enters the computer room area
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I his is a solution which allows high density racks
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to bo placed into a low density computer room
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Very often this solution is based on chilled water supply
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With this, again, there is a certain risk involved,
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and therefore, it is recommended to install a water leak detection system
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In some cases, heat loads are so high
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that the racks demands a built in cooling system
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A self contained air conditioner system is a full enclosure,
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and this may result in potential problems
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since there is not a lot ot redundancy present
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Vendors claim redundancy,
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but this is sometimes at the expense? of reduced cooling capacity
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at the time of a failure occurring
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If the cooling system in the rack fails, it will heat up very fast
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and equipment failure will appear within a few minutes only
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these units can be placed in any location, as it is a self cooling rack
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and it is therefore not reliant on other cooling systems in the computer room
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these racks are able to cool high heat loads
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up to 35 kilowatt in the rack
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Self contained racks are available in a number of options,
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looking at the coolant being used
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Each option has benefits and drawbacks
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Focusing only on the safety for humans and the equipment involved
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this slide provides the information for each option
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Liquid immersion cooling is a cooling practice
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by which IT component and other electronics,
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including complete service and storage devices,
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are submerged in a thermally conductive dielectric liquid or coolant
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In doing so, it cools as effectively as 1200 cubic feet of air,
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and requires significantly less energy input
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Immersion cooling can handle compute densities exceeding 10kW per bath or unit,
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which is 10 to 20 times
higher than the per rack footprint
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By eliminating the need for cooling fans within each server,
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and air conditioning equipment for the computer room,
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savings up to 40% can be achieved,
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significantly reduce
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Now that we have the technical complex details out ot the way,
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let's look at the practical side of this solution
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As with every solution,
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some drawbacks can be identified using liquid immersion cooling
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It requires modified IT equipment that can operate in a submerged environment,
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which means no fans or hard disk drives
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Also, when servicing or maintenance is needed,
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this system requires work spaces that are capable ot containing drips and spills
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In terms of investment, liquid immersion cooling has a higher initial cost,
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compared to traditional cooling
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How doos it work?
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With single phase immersion cooling,
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the coolant remains in a liquid form and is pumped to a heat exchanger,
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where the heat is transferred to a cool water circuit
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I he cooling baths have an open top
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as there is little risk of the coolant evaporating
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the good news is,
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a single phase coolant does not boil or undergo a phase change
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at anytime during the cooling process
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This eliminates pressure, fumes, vapours and corrosion due to microcavitation.
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created by a coolant’s state transition from liquid to gas
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Apart from reducing the risk of IT and cooling systems breakdown
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as a result of micro cavitation,
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it is also important from a health and safety perspective,
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since it means it is not possible to inhale coolants,
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they cannot re condense and remain in the lungs,
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or form a "toxic dew" throughout the workplace
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two phase immersion cooling
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This system takes advantage of a concept known as latent heat,
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which is the heat or thermal energy that required to change the phase ot a fluid
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this occurs whon the two phase coolant comes
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in contact with the floated electronics in the bath
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that are above the coolant’s boiling point
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Two phase immersion cooling has a greater heat rejection capacity
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due to the energy transferred from the IT systems into the two phase coolant
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that will cause a portion of it to boil off into a gas
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Purpose designed cooling liquid is required with a low boiling point
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At 56 degrees Celsius or 133 degrees Fahrenheit,
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versus 100 degrees Celsius or 212 Fahrenheit in water,
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the fluid boils on the surface of heat generating components,
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and rising vapour passively takes care of the heat transter
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The not so good news is, boiling action of the coolant creates micro cavitation,
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which actually erodes the heated metals in the IT systems,
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destroying it and contaminating the coolant with metallic particles,
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making the coolant conductive
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Cavitation consists of the formation,
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growth and rapid collapse
of cavities in a liquid.
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These vapour cavities,
or in simple term bubbles,
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are formed whenever fluid pressure falls below the vapour pressure of the liquid
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These bubbles collapse if the pressure again rises above the vapour pressure
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Containment solutions are getting more and more popular
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since they could lead to efficiency improvements
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the principle of air containment is to have total
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separation between the hot and the cold air airflows
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This can be done by containing the hot air,
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the cold air, or in some cases
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Containment can be implemented
with or without the raised floor,
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let's have a look at some details
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On the previous slides, a raised floor could be identified,
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and on this slide an example of hot aisle and cold aisle containment
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without a raised floor
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Again, the principle is to have a total separation
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between the hot and the cold air airflows
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In this example, in row cooling units are being deployed,
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to provide the cooling tor the ICT equipment
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Apart from exploring which solution is the best fit for your data center
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there is another important onsideration to look into,
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which is the potential impact on fire detection and suppression systems
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A potential downside of containment is that you
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are effectively building a room within a room,
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which forces you to rethink your existing fire detection and suppression systems
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Also, before you make any decisions approving investment plans,
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you often need to verify with the local authorities
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on what is allowed and/or required
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There are various scenarios to work around the fire suppression challenges,
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let's have a look on the details n the following slides
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Who says you must do a full enclosure?
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partial containment,
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which means that you create an overhang on the top of the rack row,
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as can be seen on this particular slide
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This will allow for most hot and cold air to be separated,
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and having an opening at the top of the rack,
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there are no changes required for the existing tire suppression system
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Another option is to use a retractable roof system
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Under normal operating conditions this system will provide a full enclosure
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The roof is put over the rack row and fixed with a magnetic lock
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that is connected to the tire panel
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Once the suppression system is activated and the gas will discharge soon,
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the fire panel will release the lock and the roof automatically retracts
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This is done mechanically, so no power is required
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Another option is to bring the fire su ression nozzles
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and sprinklers within the contained area
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This is technically possible,
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but it would require a substantial amount of modification to an existing data center,
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which could be intrusive and very expensive
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I ven for new computer rooms,
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it would be quite an expensive option
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So which typo of containment option is the best?
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I here are various views as to what is potentially the best solution
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As usual, there is no best for every situation.
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and you need to look at the requirements and set up of the computer room
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before you make a decision
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Ultimately, both solutions have the same goal and principle,
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separate the hot and the cold air
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Cold aisle containment has the advantage that
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the cold air only goes where it needs to be,
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which is in front of the equipment, where the intake is present
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You can calculate the volume required for the cold aisle
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by reviewing the Cubic
Feet per Minute requirements
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for all the equipment inside the contained area
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In addition, you can also calculate the number ot perforated tiles required
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to bring that volume of air into the contained area
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Cold aisle containment is commonly a good idea
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if you want to contain every aisle in the computer room
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Since the volume of cold air is matching the requirement of the equipment in the aisle,
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you need to make sure that a failure on an air conditioner
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is not creating a shortage of air flow
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It would be best, therefore, to create a slight overpressure,
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so to cater for air flow variances
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This since in toda s ICT equipment
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the fan speed is relative to the heat inside the equipment,
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and hence the CFM requirement is not always constant
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Ideally, you measure the pressure in the aisle,
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and when the overpressure drops too low
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a sensor connected to the air conditioners
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will result in an increase
of the fan its speed,
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providing more cold air
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When hot aisle containment is applied, the hot air separates from the cold air,
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this allows for the hot air to be guided back directly to the air conditioners
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or is exhausted out of the building,
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depending on the cooling principles that you have
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In this set up, cold air will be present throughout the entire computer room
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Hot aisle containment is commonly deployed when in a large computer room
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you have a few racks with a high heat load
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By containing the hot air for this section,
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the hi h heat load will not add to the overall computer room
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Now cold air is flowing through the entire room,
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which at first goes against the principles of cooling,
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since you don't wish to cool the room, you want to cool the equipment
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The good part, however, is that the entire room acts as a cold air butter /one
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So if your air conditioner equipment fails and you do not have proper redundancy,
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you would still be able to potentially handle a temporary failure
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In-row cooling units is often a very good
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option to be used in hot aisle contained areas
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Something that you need to consider is that
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hot aisles can potentially be very noisy and hot,
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and this may force you to review local regulations,
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to ensure that you are not violating any rules,
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for staff to be allowed working in this type of environment
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The concept of thermal storage is the one whereby
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energy is supplied to a storage system for removal,
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a later point in time
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Thermal energy in the form of heat or cold can be effectively stored
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and used to offset the required cooling and/or heating demand in buildings,
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and of course data centers, using seasonal thermal energy storage,
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or Sell S as it is shortly known
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As the name suggests, seasonal storage technologies are primarily intended
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for storing thermal energy during one seasonal condition
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Which, for example, could be the summer or the winter,
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and discharging the stored energy in the other seasonal condition,
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depending on the load demand
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SeH S makes use of large basins or earth subsurface as the key source
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for enabling the energy storage,
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to serve multiple buildings through a district cooling and/or heating network
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So, how does it work?
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produces chilled water within a centralised energy plant,
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and distributes it through underground pipes to buildings connected to the system
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and provides them with air conditioning
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Therefore individual buildings do not need split systems,
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chillers and/or cooling towers
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The chillers of the district cooling system can be coupled to cold storage
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a large tank that holds chilled water and functions as a thermal battery
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I his technology allows the district cooling system to chill water at night,
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using off peak electr icily,
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and then store the water for distribution to customers during the day
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Obviously, the initial expense of
a district cooling plant will bo high,
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but there is the economies of scale due to the set up of centralised plants
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instead of individual cooling plants in each building
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An example of self S is aquifer thermal energy storage, shortly known as AI I S
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ATES systems work by using two separate wells of cold well and a warm well
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In the summer, cold groundwater From the cold well is pumped out,
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and used to cool the building using a heat exchanger
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The heat extracted from the building is injected into the warm well
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and stored until winter
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And in the winter the process is reversed
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Water from the warm well is used to heat the building,
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the cool air extracted from the system is then stored in the cold well
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In this module, you have learned that it ASI IRAt who sets the recommended
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and allowable temperature and humidity levels tor computer room equipment
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In cooling, various units of measure are being used,
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but it is recommended to stick to one unit, preferably being watt or kilowatts
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Cooling systems are classified as comfort cooling units and precision cooling units
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Within the precision cooling units, various cooling systems are available
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Selecting a cooling system for your data center depends on various criteria
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Cooling can be based on the concept of a raised floor and a non raised floor,
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each has its own benefits and drawbacks
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There are two important factors in cooling temperature and air flow volume,
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which is expressed in Cubic Feet Minute (CFM) or Cubic Metre per Hour (CMH)
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When lacing air conditioner units on the floor,
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these units must be facing the hot aisle
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or as it is commonly called "positioned perpendicular to the hot aisle"
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Sometimes additional cooling is required, and when it applies,
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various supplemental cooling options are available
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Hot and cold aisle containment,
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if done correctly, will improve the cooling efficiency and effectiveness
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but take into consideration the possible impact on tire suppression systems
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Seasonal thermal energy storage is a concept
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whereby energy is supplied to a storage system for removal,
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to be used at a later point in time
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