This paper systematically describes the technical principles,evaluation indicators,system forms and research progress of air-side evaporative cooling air conditioning systems,water-side evaporative cooling air conditi...This paper systematically describes the technical principles,evaluation indicators,system forms and research progress of air-side evaporative cooling air conditioning systems,water-side evaporative cooling air conditioning systems and freon-side evaporative cold coagulation heat air conditioning systems of Data center.In order to reduce the energy consumption of the refrigeration and air-conditioning system in the Data center,the applica-tion conditions and scenarios of the different forms of evaporative cooling air-conditioning systems should be considered comprehensively.Therefore,it is very important that the renewable energy-dry air can be used to the greatest extent.These efforts would contribute to China’s 2030"Carbon Peak"and 2060"Carbon Neutral."展开更多
The increasing power density of IT electronics and the enormous energy consumption of data centers lead to the urgent demand for efficient cooling technology.Due to its efficiency and safety,liquid-cooled heat sink te...The increasing power density of IT electronics and the enormous energy consumption of data centers lead to the urgent demand for efficient cooling technology.Due to its efficiency and safety,liquid-cooled heat sink technology may gradually replace air-cooled technology over time.With the ambient or higher water supply temperature,the liquid-cooled technology shortens the operating time of the chiller and improves its coefficient of performance,while the pump power consumption may increase for satisfying the constant cooling capacity.Therefore,it is significant to study the optimal water supply temperature to achieve energy-efficient operation of data centers.A virtual 30.1 kW data center is considered as the case,the liquid-cooled system is constructed with a combination of innovative manifold microchannel heat sink with oblique fins and indirect evaporative cooling technology to minimize energy consumption.A hybrid thermal management model integrating the heat dissipation model and the power consumption model is established by TRNSYS and FLUENT software.To the highest chip-safe operating temperature premise,the energy performance is analyzed under various water supply temperatures in Guangzhou.The result shows that only 21.5-hour mechanical cooling is needed with the 30℃server inlet temperature throughout the year.And the minimized power consumption occurs with the constant 29℃server inlet temperature.Moreover,the temperature adaptive control strategy(TACS)is adopted to test the cooling system power consumption under different regulation frequencies,and the by-week TACS can achieve another 11.5%energy saving than the minimum power consumption of the constant temperature control strategy.展开更多
基金This study was supported by the Shenzhen Sustainable Development Science and Technology Project(2021N033)the National Key Research and Development Program(2016YFC0700404)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51676145).
文摘This paper systematically describes the technical principles,evaluation indicators,system forms and research progress of air-side evaporative cooling air conditioning systems,water-side evaporative cooling air conditioning systems and freon-side evaporative cold coagulation heat air conditioning systems of Data center.In order to reduce the energy consumption of the refrigeration and air-conditioning system in the Data center,the applica-tion conditions and scenarios of the different forms of evaporative cooling air-conditioning systems should be considered comprehensively.Therefore,it is very important that the renewable energy-dry air can be used to the greatest extent.These efforts would contribute to China’s 2030"Carbon Peak"and 2060"Carbon Neutral."
基金financially supported under Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Project (No.202201010108)CAS Science and Technology Service Network Program Project (No.20211600200082)Guangzhou Development Zone International Science and Technology Cooperation Project Funding (No.2021GH07).
文摘The increasing power density of IT electronics and the enormous energy consumption of data centers lead to the urgent demand for efficient cooling technology.Due to its efficiency and safety,liquid-cooled heat sink technology may gradually replace air-cooled technology over time.With the ambient or higher water supply temperature,the liquid-cooled technology shortens the operating time of the chiller and improves its coefficient of performance,while the pump power consumption may increase for satisfying the constant cooling capacity.Therefore,it is significant to study the optimal water supply temperature to achieve energy-efficient operation of data centers.A virtual 30.1 kW data center is considered as the case,the liquid-cooled system is constructed with a combination of innovative manifold microchannel heat sink with oblique fins and indirect evaporative cooling technology to minimize energy consumption.A hybrid thermal management model integrating the heat dissipation model and the power consumption model is established by TRNSYS and FLUENT software.To the highest chip-safe operating temperature premise,the energy performance is analyzed under various water supply temperatures in Guangzhou.The result shows that only 21.5-hour mechanical cooling is needed with the 30℃server inlet temperature throughout the year.And the minimized power consumption occurs with the constant 29℃server inlet temperature.Moreover,the temperature adaptive control strategy(TACS)is adopted to test the cooling system power consumption under different regulation frequencies,and the by-week TACS can achieve another 11.5%energy saving than the minimum power consumption of the constant temperature control strategy.
