ORCID Identifier(s)

0000-0002-9436-0298

Graduation Semester and Year

2018

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Department

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

First Advisor

Dereje Agonafer

Abstract

With the increasing load on the servers, the cost and energy required to cool a data center has been on the rise. This has kept the researchers to explore more efficient and economical cooling technologies for data centers. One such technology is evaporative cooling. The evaporative cooling systems are one of the most effective methods available for cooling the data centers. So, developing the generic methods for the thermal design of data centers is of utmost importance. This research aims to identify, develop and validate the thermal model for Direct Evaporative Cooling and Indirect Evaporative Cooling. By taking the environmental data of each location and server rack specifications as inputs, the performance and cost analysis are done. Strategies to cope with system component failures have also been considered by the model. A tool, that works on the identified methods has been developed. The tool gives the performance results, the cost analysis and a comparison between direct and indirect evaporative cooling, allowing the user to make decisions on the type of cooling that can be used for specific environmental conditions.

Keywords

Data center, Thermal design, Evaporative cooling, Analytical modeling, MATLAB, Tool

Disciplines

Aerospace Engineering | Engineering | Mechanical Engineering

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

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