A CFD thermal and air flow analysis is performed for a given telecommunication rack. The commercial software, Flotherm, is employed to perform the system level analysis. The analysis is made to examine the effects of the air filter locations at the upstream and downstream of the fans on the flow distribution within the system. The analysis is then extended to the case with one-fan failure condition.

Volume Subject Area:
Modeling and Characterization of Electronic and Photonic Systems
Topics:
Air filters, Computational fluid dynamics, Server racks, Air flow, Computer software, Failure, Fans, Flow (Dynamics)
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