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| Content Provider | IEEE Xplore Digital Library |
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| Author | Toulouse, M.M. Lettieri, D.J. Carey, V.P. Bash, C.E. Shah, A.J. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Description | Author affiliation: Hewlett Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA, USA (Bash, C.E.; Shah, A.J.) || Mechanical Engineering Department, University of California, Berkeley, USA (Toulouse, M.M.; Lettieri, D.J.; Carey, V.P.) |
| Abstract | The prediction of flow and temperature in data center operation is of particular importance in creating better capacity utilization and lower capital costs. However, it is often a time- and computing-intensive task, and would be well served by more expeditious modeling methods than full Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) thermofluidic models. A software package named COMPACT (Compact Model of Potential Flow and Convective Transport) was developed to provide one such alternative. Recent versions of COMPACT take under 10 seconds on a commercially available laptop to characterize a 550 square foot data center; the same room modeled with a CFD solver took 8 hours. Having the ability to create velocity and temperature predictions orders of magnitude faster than conventional CFD allow a variety of data center applications for the model, such as use as a first-order design tool, a potential improvement to plant-based controllers, a tool for system-wide assessment of life-cycle efficiency, and as an initial guess for complex CFD solvers. COMPACT applies convective energy transport equations to a computed potential flow field to approximate a flow and temperature field. The results from this model were compared to experimental measurements taken from a data center at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in Palo Alto, CA. The presence of high localized temperatures in the model led to the conclusion that recirculation and buoyancy were contributing excessively to error in the model. A novel approach was proposed to account for these effects: a non-iterative (to preserve computational resources) method of vortex superposition, in which hot locations in the original model are analyzed and a corrective flow field consisting of Rankine vortices is superimposed on the solution. An updated model using this approach was tested with further experimental measurements taken from the data center at HP Labs, and identical inputs were used to compare COMPACT to commercially available CFD. These newer results showed a marked decrease in mean deviation of the model from measured temperatures, as well as elimination of the highly localized temperatures which afflicted the original COMPACT results. The vortex superposition model was also “tuned”, with vortex strength optimized for multiple test cases at varying levels of recirculation. In addition, the model-generated velocity and temperature fields were used to locate and quantify the destruction of exergy resulting from the mixing of warmer and cooler air in the room; these results are used as a measure of system efficiency. |
| Starting Page | 51 |
| Ending Page | 59 |
| File Size | 809189 |
| Page Count | 9 |
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| ISBN | 9781424495337 |
| ISSN | 10879870 |
| e-ISBN | 9781424495320 |
| e-ISBN | 9781424495313 |
| DOI | 10.1109/ITHERM.2012.6231413 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) |
| Publisher Date | 2012-05-30 |
| Publisher Place | USA |
| Access Restriction | Subscribed |
| Rights Holder | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) |
| Subject Keyword | Temperature measurement Servers Computational modeling Computational fluid dynamics Mathematical model Atmospheric modeling Data models exergy destruction compact expeditious modeling CFD thermal performance server room convective transport vortex superposition life cycle exergy assessment |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
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