Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Analysis for Predicting the Airflow in a Data Centre
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Analysis for Predicting the Airflow in a Data Centre
Author(s): Sevde Stavreva, Marko SerafimovSubject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Electronic information storage and retrieval
Published by: UIKTEN - Association for Information Communication Technology Education and Science
Keywords: data centre; data-com equipment; air-conditioning; simulation; model
Summary/Abstract: This paper studies the high density data centre with 266.4 m2 area, and it focuses on defining the heat profile of the centre, as well as on the airflow in the centre. To this purpose, the necessary measurements in the data centre have been taken, and a detailed model in the computational fluid dynamics program package PHOENICS has been elaborated. The model simulations yielded the fields of temperature, velocity and pressure throughout the center, as well as the complete image of the airflow in the center.The results helped to detect the weak points and to draw conclusions regarding upgrading the defined working conditions in the data-com equipment
Journal: TEM Journal
- Issue Year: 3/2014
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 235-243
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English