Thermal and Exergy Analysis in UPS and Battery Rooms by Numerical Simulations

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作者
Caceres, Carol [1 ]
Ortega, Alfonso [1 ]
Silva-Llanca, Luis [1 ]
Jones, Gerard F. [1 ]
Sapia, Nicholas [1 ]
机构
[1] Villanova Univ, Villanova, PA 19085 USA
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 17TH IEEE INTERSOCIETY CONFERENCE ON THERMAL AND THERMOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA IN ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS (ITHERM 2018) | 2018年
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Data Center; UPS; Lead Acid Battery; Thermodynamics; Exergy Destruction; CFD; TURBULENT SHEAR FLOWS; ENTROPY PRODUCTION;
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O414.1 [热力学];
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摘要
UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) units and batteries are essential subsystems in data centers or telecom industries to protect equipment from electrical power spikes, surges and power outages. UPS units handle electrical power and dissipate a large amount of heat, and possess a high efficiency. Therefore, cooling units (e.g., CRACs) are needed to manage the thermal reliability of this equipment. On the other hand, battery operating conditions and reliability are closely related to the ambient temperature according to battery manufacturers; reliability increases when the ambient room temperature is around 25 degrees C. This study analyzed different room configurations and scenarios using the commercial CFD software 6Sigma Room DCX (TM). As a first approach, we evaluated the thermal behavior and cooling degradation using standard thermal performance metrics SHI (Supply Heat Index) and RHI (Return Heat Index). These are frequently implemented in data centers to measure the level of mixing between cold and hot air streams. The results from this evaluation showed that standard cooling practices are inefficient, as values for the two metrics differed considerably from industry recommendations. We also considered a metric from the second law of thermodynamics using exergy destruction. This technique allowed us to find the mechanisms that increase entropy generation the most, including viscous shear and air stream mixing. Reducing exergy destruction will result in lessening lost thermodynamic work and thus reduce energy required for cooling. Typically, UPS and batteries are located in different rooms due to the hydrogen generation by the batteries. The integration of both equipment in the same room is a new concept, and this study aims to analyze the thermal performance of the room. Adding controllability showed improvements by reducing the exergy destruction due to viscous dissipation while slightly increasing thermal mixing in the rooms. Ducting the return flows to avoid flow mixing increased pressure drop, but reduced heat transfer between the hot and cold air streams, which in turn, improved the thermal performance. In the study, we determined the optimal configuration and possible strategies to improve cooling while maintaining desirable battery temperatures.
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页数:9
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