@inproceedings{4c4c5f3c894a4f758b073a804c2db4ff,
title = "Thermal management of data centres-effect of CRAC location and flow rate on the performance of data centres",
abstract = "IT equipment and systems, housed in data centres, consume a considerable amount of energy. Most of the electrical energy consumed by the data centre IT equipment is released in the form of heat. Cooling issues will have a significant impact on the thermal manageability and energy efficiency of the cooling infrastructure. In this paper, a numerical analysis of flow and temperature distribution of a raised-floor data centre is conducted in order to evaluate the thermal performance of the data centre. The effect of the computer room air conditioning (CRAC) location and flow rate on the data centre performance in investigated using thermodynamic-based performance metrics.",
keywords = "CRAC, Data centre cooling, Performance metric, Rack, Thermal management",
author = "Babak Fakhim and Baloch, {Faraz Rind} and Srinarayana Nagarathinam and Masud Behnia and Steve Armfield",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.553.130",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783038350682",
series = "Applied Mechanics and Materials",
publisher = "Trans Tech Publications",
pages = "130--137",
booktitle = "Applied mechanics and materials",
address = "Switzerland",
note = "1st Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics, ACCM - 2013 ; Conference date: 03-10-2013 Through 04-10-2013",
}