Optimum Cooling of Data Centers: Application of Risk Assessment and Mitigation Techniques

by Jun Dai, Michael M. Ohadi, Diganta Das, Michael G. Pecht

Overview

This book describes the use of free air cooling to improve the efficiency of, and cooling of, equipment for use in telecom infrastructures. Discussed at length is the cooling of communication installation rooms such as data centers or base stations, and this is intended as a valuable tool for the people designing and manufacturing key parts of communication networks. This book provides an introduction to current cooling methods used for energy reduction, and also compares present cooling methods in use in the field. The qualification methods and standard reliability assessments are reviewed, and their inability to assess the risks of free air cooling is discussed. The method of identifying the risks associated with free air cooling on equipment performance and reliability is introduced. A novel method of assessment for free air cooling is also proposed that utilizes prognostics and health management (PHM).

This book also:

Describes how the implementation of free air cooling can save energy for cooling within the telecommunications infrastructure.

Analyzes the potential risks and failures of mechanisms possible in the implementation of free air cooling, which benefits manufacturers and equipment designers.

Presents prognostics-based assessments to identify and mitigate the risks of telecommunications equipment under free air cooling conditions, which can provide the early warning of equipment failures at operation stage without disturbing the data centers' service.

Optimum Cooling for Data Centers is an ideal book for researchers and engineers interested in designing and manufacturing equipment for use in telecom infrastructures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493942480
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	08/20/2016
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Overview of Telecom Industry and Data Centers.- Cooling Methods to Improve Energy Efficiency in Telecom Industry and Data Centers.- Free Air Cooling.- Standards for Telecom Equipment and Data Centers.- Risks of Free Air Cooling.- Steps to Assess Parts for use under Free Air Cooling Condition.- Guidelines for Part Reliability Assessment.- Introduction to PHM.- Development of Sub-system and System for Free Air Cooling.- Future Trends.