EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF A SERVER IN SINGLE PHASE IMMERSION COOLING

Author

Pravin Ashok Shinde

ORCID Identifier(s)

0000-0003-3356-098X

Graduation Semester and Year

2019

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Department

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

First Advisor

Dereje Agonafer

Abstract

Liquid immersion cooling of servers in synthetic dielectric fluids is an emerging technology which offers significant cooling energy saving and increased power densities for data centers. A noteworthy advantage of using immersion cooling is high heat dissipation capacity which is roughly 1200 times greater than air. Other advantages of dielectric fluid immersion cooling include high rack density, better server performance, even temperature profile, reduction in noise. The enhanced thermal properties of oil lead to the considerable saving of both upfront and operating cost over traditional methods. In this study, a server is completely submerged in a synthetic dielectric fluid. Experiments were conducted to observe the effects of varying the volumetric flow rate and oil inlet temperature on thermal performance and power consumption of the server. Various parameters like total server power consumption, the temperature of all heat generating components like Central Processing Unit (CPU), Dual in Line Memory Module (DIMM), input/output hub (IOH) chip, Platform Controller Hub (PCH), Network Interface Controller (NIC) will be measured at steady state. Since this is an air-cooled server, the results obtained from the experiments will help in proposing better heat removal strategies like heat sink optimization, better ducting and server architecture. Assessment will also be made on the effect of thermal shadowing caused by the two CPUs on the nearby components like DIMMs and PCH.

Keywords

Single phase dielectric immersion cooling, Component temperature, Mineral oil, Data center efficiency

Disciplines

Aerospace Engineering | Engineering | Mechanical Engineering

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

Recommended Citation

Shinde, Pravin Ashok, "EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF A SERVER IN SINGLE PHASE IMMERSION COOLING" (2019). Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses. 792.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/mechaerospace_theses/792