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Real life test of a novel super performance dew point cooling system in operational live data centre

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  • Ma, Xiaoli
  • Zeng, Cheng
  • Zhu, Zishang
  • Zhao, Xudong
  • Xiao, Xin
  • Akhlaghi, Yousef Golizadeh
  • Shittu, Samson

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This paper presents the development and application of a super performance dew point cooling technology for data centres. The novel super performance dew point cooler showed considerably improved energy saving and carbon reduction for data centre cooling. The innovations of this technology are built upon a series of technological breakthroughs including, a novel hybrid flat/corrugated heat and mass exchanging sheets, an innovative highly water absorptive and diffusive wet-material for the sheets which enable an intermittent water supply with well-tuned water pressure and flow rate, and the optimised fan configurations. Following a list of fundamental research including theoretical, numerical and lab experimental testing of a small scale prototype system, a specialist 100 kW rated data centre dew point cooling system was dedicated designed, constructed, installed and real life tested in an operational live data centre environment, i.e., Maritime Data Centre at Hull (UK) to investigate its dynamic performance, suitability and stability for application in operational data centre environment conditions.

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  • Ma, Xiaoli & Zeng, Cheng & Zhu, Zishang & Zhao, Xudong & Xiao, Xin & Akhlaghi, Yousef Golizadeh & Shittu, Samson, 2023. "Real life test of a novel super performance dew point cooling system in operational live data centre," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 348(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:348:y:2023:i:c:s0306261923008474
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121483
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