• 대한설비공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한설비공학회 2006년도 하계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.938-943
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• 2006

The primary purpose of a computer room of data center and associated infrastructure is to support the operation of critical IT equipment. Traditionally, most owners of large critical data centers have been more than willing to accept a reasonable amount of computer room worker discomfort if necessary to support critical IT systems. All electrical equipment produces heat, which must be removed to prevent the equipment temperature from rising to an unacceptable level. Most information technology equipment and other equipment found in a data center or network room is air-cooled. Sizing a cooling system requires an understanding of the amount of heat produced by the equipment contained in the enclosed space, along with the heat produced by the other heat sources typically encountered.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제36권8호
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• pp.821-828
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• 2012

CPU의 발열량 증가는 서버를 통과하는 배출공기와 유입공기와의 상당한 온도차를 발생시키고 이로 인해 배출공기의 재순환 현상과 유입공기의 바이패스 현상이 발생한다. 이는 데이터센터 냉각시스템의 효율저하를 발생시킨다. 따라서 CRAC의 제어를 통해 유입공기와 배출공기를 분리하는 것이 데이터센터 냉각시스템의 중요한 목표이다. 본 연구에서는 CFD 해석 코드인 ICEPAK을 이용하여 데이터센터에 대한 수치해석을 진행하였다. 실내부로 유입되는 공기유량의 변화에 따른 CPU의 온도와 실 전체의 온도분포를 분석하였다. 이를 통해 CPU의 발열량에 따른 최적 유입유량을 선정하였다. CPU 발열량이 100, 120, 140 W인 경우 유입유량이 $0.15m^3/s$인 지점에서 발열제거와 온도분배가 가장 잘 이루어졌다. RTI 성능지표를 이용하여 해석결과를 검증하였고 RTI 값이 81인 경우 가장 안정적인 결과를 보였다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2018

A datacenter is a high energy consuming facility whose cooling energy consumption rate is 10~20 times larger than general office buildings. The higher the temperature of supply air from a CRAC (computer room air-conditioner) is supplied, the more energy efficient cooling is possible because of improving the COP of a chiller and advanced range of outdoor air temperature available for the economizer cycles. However, because the temperature of cold air flowing into server computers varies depending on air mixing configurations in a computer room, the proper supply air temperature must be considered based on the investigation of air mixing and heat dissipation. By these, this study aims to understand the effects of variation of the supply air temperature on the air flow distributions, temperature distributions and rack cooling efficiencies. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) aided in conducting the investigation. As a result, the variation of the supply air temperature does not affect the air flow distributions. However, it mainly affects the temperature distribution. From the results of CFD simulations, Rack cooling indices (RCIHI and RCILO) were evaluated and showed the ideal state set at $19^{\circ}C$ of the supply air temperature.