7x24 Exchange 2018 Fall Conference
Fluid Mechanics 101
Oct 21-24, 2018
Phoenix, AZ

7x24 Exchange 2018 Fall Conference: Fluid Mechanics 101

Sunday, Oct 21, 2018
2:30 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.

Fluid Mechanics 101: Fundamentals of Cooling Airflow in a Data Center

Dr. Suhas Patankar
President
Innovative Research, Inc.

This tutorial session will introduce basic concepts of air velocity, airflow rate, pressure, and temperature distribution as applied to raised-floor data centers.You will be shown why the flow distribution through the perforated tiles is usually not uniform. It is governed by the air velocity and pressure variation under the raised floor. By calculating this variation, you can predict the airflow coming out of each perforated tile. Such a calculation allows you to study the effect of variables such as: layout of the CRAC units and the perforated tiles, the height of the raised floor, and the presence of obstructions under the raised floor.

Once the flow rates through the perf tiles are determined, the next step is to calculate, in the above-floor space, the air velocity and temperature as the air moves through the server racks and back to the CRAC units. Many examples will be presented to develop an understanding of the physical processes and to draw practical conclusions.

This tutorial will show how to create a computational model of a data center layout and calculate corresponding airflow and temperature distributions.

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