Data Center Thermal Assessment (DCTA)

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Case Study: Problem Statement

. To study the Effectiveness of Cooling System
in the Data Center .
. To improve the efficiency of the Data Center.

Approach
. Establish the Flow-field and Thermal-interactions
through CFD Simulations
. Identify the regions of By-pass, Re-circulation &
Hot-spots
. Optimize the Containment-strategy for both Hot
and Cold Aisles through multiple CFD Iterations.
. Obtain the most efficient Cooling System for the
Data Center

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Server Board &
Components

Model Geometry
Model Details

1. This case study involves a Data Center of System Geometry

8 Servers-racks in 4 x 4m room.

2. Each Server-rack consists of 42U with CPUs, memory

and motherboard components of known Heat Dissipation
Rate.

3. Each Server has a set of fans of known flow-rate (CFM)

which would force air to flow within the System over
the surface of the components to provide cooling.
Server Rack Geometry

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Air-Domain Geometry

CFD Model of Data Center

Detailed Thermal & Flow Boundaries

Advanced Hex-Mesh with 2.5 M cells

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System-level Analysis

Flow & Thermal Mapping of the Server

. Flow patterns simulated.
. Thermal interactions established.
. Hot-spots identified.
. Thermal loads and pressure gradients
0.042841 1.1517
Velocity: Magnitude (m/s)
2.2606 3.3695 4.4784 5.5873
necessary for effective cooling estimated.

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Room-level Analysis – Flow Optimization

Flow Mapping using CFD

. Flow patterns simulated for the

Baseline model using CFD.

. Bye-pass and Re-circulation regions

identified.

Optimization of Flow
. Flow patterns simulated.
. Thermal interactions established.
. Hot-spots identified. Result: Flow patterns in data center
. Thermal loads and pressure gradients optimized through iterative CFD runs.

necessary for effective cooling estimated.

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Room-level Analysis – Thermal Optimization

Thermal Mapping using CFD

. Hot-spots identified through CFD Analysis.
. Regions prone to thermal-losses identified.
. PUE and DCE obtained for the baseline
and optimized models.

Optimization of Flow
. Thermal-losses minimized.
. Hot-spots eliminated
Result: Result: Flow & Thermal optimization achieved.

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Benefits

. Maximize . Optimize
- Uptime & Efficiency - Cooling Infrastructure

. Minimize . Identify
- Utilization of Power - Hot-Spots
- CAPEX & OPEX - Sources of Downtime

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Conclusion

Through CFD Analysis of the Data Center

ü
14% Energy savings achieved.
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OPEX minimized.

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