The recent miniaturization of electronic devices and compaction of computer systems will soon lead to data centers with power densities of the order of 300 W/ft2. At these levels, traditional thermal management techniques are unlikely to suffice. To enable the dynamic smart cooling systems necessary for future data centers, an exergetic approach based on the second law of thermodynamics has recently been proposed. However, no experimental data related to this concept is currently available. This paper discusses the development and subsequent validation of an exergy-based computer model at an instrumented data center in Palo Alto, California. The study finds that when appropriately calibrated, such a computational tool can successfully predict information about local and global thermal performance that cannot be perceived intuitively from traditional design methods. Further development of the concept has promising potential for efficient data center thermal management.
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ASME 2004 Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference
July 11–15, 2004
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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- Heat Transfer Division and Fluids Engineering Division
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0-7918-4690-3
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Amip J. Shah,
Amip J. Shah
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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Van P. Carey,
Van P. Carey
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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Cullen E. Bash,
Cullen E. Bash
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA
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Chandrakant D. Patel
Chandrakant D. Patel
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA
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Amip J. Shah
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Van P. Carey
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Cullen E. Bash
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA
Chandrakant D. Patel
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA
Paper No:
HT-FED2004-56528, pp. 965-971; 7 pages
Published Online:
February 24, 2009
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Shah, AJ, Carey, VP, Bash, CE, & Patel, CD. "Development and Experimental Validation of an Exergy-Based Computational Tool for Data Center Thermal Management." Proceedings of the ASME 2004 Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference. Volume 1. Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. July 11–15, 2004. pp. 965-971. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/HT-FED2004-56528
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