Cooling Effectiveness of a Data Center Room under Overhead Airflow via Entropy Generation Assessment in Transient Scenarios

Forecasting data center cooling demand remains a primary thermal management challenge in an increasingly larger global energy-consuming industry. This paper proposes a dynamic modeling approach to evaluate two different strategies for delivering cold air into a data center room. The common cooling m...

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Main Authors: Luis Silva-Llanca, Marcelo del Valle, Alfonso Ortega, Andrés J. Díaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-01-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/1/98