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Waste heat utilisation of Edge Data Centers with Hot-Fluid-Adsorption-System
Project term | January 2019 to December
2022 |
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Funding
code | BMWi |
Project management | Nasir
Asadov |
The overall objective of this
project is to demonstrate an innovative almost climate neutral cooling
concept based on the waste heat utilization of IT equipment in
buildings, combining holistic water-cooled server with adsorption
cooling technology. The combination of waste heat and adsorption
cooling opens up the possibility to use the dissipated heat from the
server to cool other active, air-cooled IT equipment within the data
center, for example storage systems, network components or the
uninterrupted power supply. Also, a high temperature level of the
waste heat enables the direct use for conventional heating.
Problem:
The server produce a large amount of waste
heat, which is presently removed from the building under high energy
expenditure. A utilization of the waste heat is a major issue in data
center concepts today and in the future. Water-cooled systems are
capable of increasing the overall temperature level of waste heat,
enabling new options for the heat reuse. In common solutions the
temperature levels still are not high enough to enable the use of
adsorption cooling, but only a direct use of the heat.
Solution:
In HotFlAd a innovative holistic water
cooling technology, which is capable of removing heat from all
motherboard components is used to supply the driving heat. Thus, high
temperature levels (> 55°C) are achieved for the purpose of
heating. Within the project, this technology is optimized to achieve
higher temperature levels (>> 55°C) in order to improve the
cooling relation (usable cooling energy/driving heat) of the connected
adsorption cooling system.
The project
objective:
The project aims to demonstrate a new cooling
system with an increase in energy efficiency of at least 300% compared
to conventional data centers with compression refrigeration systems.
The first proof of concept phase will be conducted at the Research and
Test Data Center of the Hermann-Rietschel-Institut, which is
comparable to a small Edge Data Center. After the demonstration of a
functional and reliable system integration, a second system will be
installed at the Noris Networks AG's Data Center for field testing.
Both systems will further be monitored, evaluated and optimized for
maximum efficiency. The results will be transferred and evaluated for
two different applications: Non-residential buildings with a server
room and Mini Data Centers as Edge Data Center
solutions.
Associates
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- © dc-ce RZ-Beratung GmbH & Co. KG
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- © InvenSor GmbH
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- © Noris Network AG
[9]
[10]
- © Thomas-Krenn AG
[11]
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- © TOBOL GmbH
[13]
[14]
- © Borderstep Institut
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