Seminar 13 -- Recent Advances in Data Center CFD simulation PDF

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Modeling data center airflow patterns and temperature distributions with CFD has been a time-consuming process. With the proliferation of data centers and their enormous power consumption, it is critical that the technology be made more integral to data center design and management. Fortunately, recent advances have made data center CFD faster and more accurate. The recent ASHRAE Research Project RP-1675, Guidance for CFD Modeling of Data Centers, has delivered best-practice modeling techniques to the data center community. This seminar presents recent advances in the areas of hardware, CFD algorithms, and equipment-modeling techniques and illustrates their use by way of examples.

1. Fast and Accurate CFD for Data Center Applications< /br> James W. VanGilder, P.E., Member, Schneider Electric, Andover, MA
2. Cutting Edge or Practical? Simulating External Airflow for Data Centers< /br> Mark Seymour, P.E., Member, Future Facilities, London, United Kingdom
3. The Importance of Managing Pressures Losses in Data Centers< /br> Duncan Phillips, Ph.D., P.E., Member, Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin, Guelph, ON, Canada
4. Perforated Tile CFD Modeling in a Full Featured Data Center: Lessons Learned in RP-1675< /br> Cheng-Xian Lin, Ph.D., Member, Florida International University, Miami, FL