Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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List of Contributors |
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List of Figures |
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List of Tables |
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List of Symbols and Abbreviations |
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1 Data Centre Overview |
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1.1 Data Centre Infrastructure |
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1.3 Data Centre Archetypes |
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1.3.1 Function or Objective of the Data Centre |
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1.3.3 Location and Surroundings |
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1.3.4 Archetypes Definition |
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1.4.4 Consumption versus Workload Typology |
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2 Operational Requirement |
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2.1 Working Temperature Limit |
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2.1.1 Impact of Server Inlet Temperature |
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2.1.2 Permitted Temperatures of Individual Components |
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2.1.3 CPU Power Management and Throttling |
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2.2 Environmental Conditions |
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2.2.1 Temperature and Humidity Requirements |
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2.2.2 Quality of the Room Air |
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2.3.1 Input Voltage within Acceptable Limits |
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2.3.2 Input Frequency within Allowable Ranges |
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2.3.3 Sufficient Input Power to Compensate for Power Factor |
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2.3.4 Transfer to Backup Power Faster than PSU "Hold-up" Time |
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2.3.5 Protection from Damaging Power Conditions |
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3 Environmental and Economic Metrics for Data Centres |
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3.1 About Metrics in Data Centres |
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3.2 Data Centre Boundaries for Metrics Calculation |
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3.2.1 Definition of Boundaries |
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3.3 Metrics for Cost-Environmental Analysis |
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3.3.1 Environmental Impact Metrics |
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3.3.1.1 Data Centre primary energy |
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3.3.1.2 Data Centre CO2 emissions |
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3.3.1.3 Data Centre water consumption |
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3.3.2.1 Methodological reference framework |
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3.3.2.3 CAPEX: capital expenditure |
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3.3.2.4 OPEX: operating expenditure |
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3.3.3 Cost-Efficiency Analysis |
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3.4 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Metrics |
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3.4.1 Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) |
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3.4.2 Renewable Energy Ratio |
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3.4.3 Renewable Energy Factor |
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3.6.1 Example 1. PV System and Ice Storage |
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3.6.2 Example 2. District Cooling and Heat Reuse |
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4 Advanced Technical Concepts for Efficient Electrical Distribution and IT Management |
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4.1 Advanced Technical Concepts for Efficient IT Management |
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4.2 Advanced Technical Concepts for Efficient Electric Power Distribution |
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4.2.4 Enhanced UPS for Electrical Energy Storage |
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5 Advanced Technical Concepts for Low-Exergy Climate and Cooling Distribution |
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5.2.1 Free Cooling with Direct Ambient Air |
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5.2.2 Free Cooling with Indirect Ambient Air |
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5.2.3 Seawater Air Conditioning System |
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5.2.4 Free Cooling with Groundwater |
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5.3 Increasing Allowable IT Temperatures |
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5.3.1 Increased White Space Temperature with Airside Cooling |
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5.3.2 Increased White Space Temperature with Chilled Water Cooling |
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5.3.3 Increasing the Delta T Through the IT Equipment |
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5.4 Hot or Cold Aisle Containment |
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5.5.1 Strategy A: Pressure Difference |
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5.5.2 Strategy B: Actual IT load |
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5.5.3 Strategy C: Return Air Temperature |
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5.6 Partial Load-Redundant or Oversized Components |
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5.6.1 Redundant Components and Oversizing Components |
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5.6.2 Partial Load with Chillers |
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5.6.3 Variable Flow with Fans and Pumps |
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5.6.4 Oversizing Dry Coolers and Cooling Towers |
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5.6.5 Energy Savings and Payback Periods |
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5.7 High Energy Efficiency Components |
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5.7.2 Air-Cooled Chillers |
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5.7.3 Water-Cooled Chillers |
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6 Advanced Technical Concepts for Power and Cooling Supply with Renewables |
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6.1.1.1 Sankey charts analysis |
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6.2 Description of the Proposed Advanced Technical Concepts |
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6.2.1 Photovoltaic System and Wind Turbines with Vapour-Compression Chiller and Lead-Acid Batteries |
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6.2.2 District Cooling and Heat Reuse |
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6.2.3 Grid-Fed Wet Cooling Tower Without Chiller |
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6.2.4 Grid-Fed Vapour-Compression Chiller with Electrical Energy and Chilled Water Storages |
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6.2.5 Biogas Fuel Cell with Absorption Chiller |
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6.2.6 Reciprocating Engine CHP with Absorption Chiller |
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7 Applying Advanced Technical Concepts to Selected Scenarios |
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7.1 Overview of Concept Performance |
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7.2 Concept Comparison for Selected Scenarios |
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7.2.1 Description of Scenarios Analysed |
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7.3 Detailed Analysis by Advanced Technical Concept |
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7.3.2 Concept 1. Photovoltaic System and Wind Turbines with Vapour-Compression Chiller |
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7.3.2.1 Influence of energy efficiency measures |
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7.3.2.2 Influence of size |
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7.3.2.3 On-Site renewable energy systems implementation |
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7.3.3 Concept 2. District Cooling and Heat Reuse |
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7.3.3.1 Influence of energy efficiency measures |
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7.3.3.2 Influence of size |
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7.3.3.3 Influence of the liquid cooling solution and the potential heat reuse |
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7.3.4 Concept 3. Grid-FedWet Cooling Tower without Chiller |
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7.3.4.1 Influence of energy efficiency measures |
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7.3.4.2 Influence of EE measures |
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7.3.4.3 Influence of size |
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7.3.4.4 On-site PV systems implementation |
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7.3.5 Concept 4. Grid-Fed Vapour-Compression Chiller with Electrical Energy and ChilledWater Storages |
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7.3.5.1 Influence of EE measures |
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7.3.5.2 Influence of size |
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7.3.5.3 Influence of the size of TES |
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7.3.6 Concept 5. Biogas Fuel Cell with Absorption Chiller |
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7.3.6.1 Influence of EE measures |
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7.3.6.2 Influence of size |
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7.3.6.3 Influence of absorption chiller sizes and potential heat reuse |
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7.3.7 Concept 6. Reciprocating Engine CHP with Absorption Chiller |
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7.3.7.1 Influence of EE measures |
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7.3.7.2 Influence of size |
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7.3.7.3 Influence of absorption chiller sizes and potential heat reuse |
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7.4 Other Aspects Influencing Data Centre Energy Consumption |
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7.4.1 Influence of the IT Load Profile |
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7.4.1.1 Influence of the rack density, occupancy, and oversizing factors |
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Annexes |
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Index |
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About the Editors |
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