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With many alternative cooling solutions available it can be confusing as to which most improves efficiency and reduces operating costs for your data centre? Airedale International Air Conditioning Ltd will demonstrate the benefits and constraints of your options to propose an optimised free-cooling solution for each application type, using CFD modelling and actual site data to demonstrate best practice. This presentation was delivered at DatacenterDynamics 2012 by George Hannah. George Hannah is Product Development Director for Airedale International Air Conditioning Ltd. He plays a key role in strengthening Airedale’s position at the forefront of precision air conditioning and chiller development, by leading an expanding programme of new product development and the application of new generation technology. His remit is to steer the company's expansion into developing rack level cooling systems and innovative cooling solutions that increase data centre efficiency, raise free-cooling potential and harness and reclaim energy. George heads a product development team of twenty three, including sponsored PhD students and graduate apprentices. He is a chartered mechanical engineer with a B Eng (Hons) from Heriot Watt University. For more information, please visit http://www.airedale.com/dcd

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George Hannah,Product Development Director

Better by design, exploring containment options to optimise every Cooling kW

Why Airedale?

Global provider of efficient cooling solutions

Almost 40 years experience in IT industry

Largest UK manufacturer of IT cooling solutions

A pioneer in free-cooling technology

An industry leader in rack level cooling

Who Are We?

Who Are We?

What Do We Do?

50,000 applications since 1974 1,200 last year2011

Business Issues

Uptime

Efficiency

Capital Costs

Operational Costs

FootprintAnd Density

Types of Containment

The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics

“The second law states that spontaneous natural processes increase entropy overall, or in another formulation that heat can spontaneously be conducted or radiated only

from a higher-temperature region to a lower-temperature region, but not the other way around.”

TH TC

TW

Temperature (oC)

Total heat load

Total number of cabinets

Open Aisle (500kW Facility)

40

35

15

5

10

30

25

20

Return

5 kW per Rack

100

45

Supply

Cold Aisle Containment (500kW Facility)

Temperature (oC)

Total heat load

Total number of cabinets

5 kW per Rack

100

40

35

15

5

10

30

25

20

45

Hot Aisle Containment (500kW Facility)

Temperature (oC)

Additional IT opportunity =

420kW

Total heat load

Total number of cabinets

10 kW per Rack

50

40

35

15

5

10

30

25

20

45

InRak Hot Aisle Containment (500kW Facility)

Temperature (oC)

Additional IT opportunity =

420kW

Total heat load

Total number of cabinets

9.8 kW per Rack

51

40

35

15

5

10

30

25

20

45

OnRak Compact Hot Aisle (500kW Facility)

Temperature (oC)

Additional IT opportunity

=1880kW

Total heat load

Total number of cabinets

20 kW per Rack

25

40

35

15

5

10

30

25

20

45

Temperature (oC)

40

35

15

5

10

30

25

20

45

ECHO - Compact Hot Aisle (500kW Facility)

Additional IT opportunity = 894kW

Total heat load

Total number of cabinets

20 kW per Rack

25

Temperature (oC)

40

35

15

5

10

30

25

20

45

Open Aisle

OnRak

Supply and Return Temperatures

ECHO

InRak

Cold Aisle

Hot Aisle

ReturnSupply

ECHOInRakHot Aisle

Open Aisle

Supply and Return Temperatures

05

40

10152025

3530

CRACCold Aisle

Temperature 0C

45Return Air

Supply Air

OnRakCold Aisle

Indirect - AIR Direct - AIR Indirect - WATER

What is Free Cooling?

OUT

IN

Free Cooling

Hours per year

600

300

Ambient Temperature (ºC) -6 -2 2 6 10 14 18 22 26 30

48% 51%

1%

Open Aisle

Free cooling Concurrent Mode Mechanical

Free Cooling

Hours per year

600

300

Ambient Temperature (ºC) -6 -2 2 6 10 14 18 22 26 30

62% 32%

Cold Aisle

6%

Free cooling Concurrent Mode Mechanical

Free Cooling

Hours per year

600

300

Ambient Temperature (ºC) -6 -2 2 6 10 14 18 22 26 30

67% 18%

Hot Aisle

25%

Free cooling Concurrent Mode Mechanical

Free Cooling

Hours per year

600

300

Ambient Temperature (ºC) -6 -2 2 6 10 14 18 22 26 30

67% 18%

InRak

25%

Free cooling Concurrent Mode Mechanical

Free Cooling

Hours per year

600

300

Ambient Temperature (ºC) -6 -2 2 6 10 14 18 22 26 30

69% 11%

OnRak

20%

Free cooling Concurrent Mode Mechanical

Free Cooling

Hours per year

600

300

Ambient Temperature (ºC) -6 -2 2 6 10 14 18 22 26 30

ECHO

89%

Free cooling Concurrent Mode Mechanical

10%

1%

Free cooling

Free Cooling

Open Aisle Cold Aisle Hot Aisle

OnRakInRak ECHO

Concurrent Mode

Mechanical

Technical Matrix

FREE

COOL

Free-coolingopportunity

(%)

Systemefficiency

(Annualised PUE)

Space claim(cooling

equipment (m²)

Space claim(IT

equipment (m²)

Open Aisle

Cold Aisle

Hot Aisle

InRak

OnRak

ECHO

49% 1.45 14 60

68% 1.38 14 60

92% 1.30 14 30

92% 1.29 12 30

89% 1.26 3 15

99% 1.24 14 15

Commercial Matrix

Capital costsOperating

costs(annualised)

Total operating£/kW p.a.

Payback period

(months)

Open Aisle

Cold Aisle

Hot Aisle

InRak

OnRak

ECHO

£139,996 £291,402 £99 13

£143,878 £125,869 £84 14

£124,383 £95,585 £58 16

£190,575 £60,350 £56 14

£186,620 £57,827 £33 15

£192,208 £42,992 £27 15

Month

Free-coolingopportunity

(%)

Systemefficiency

(Annualised PUE)

Space claim(cooling

equipment (m²)

Space claim(IT

equipment (m²)

Open Aisle

Cold Aisle

Hot Aisle

InRak

OnRak

ECHO

49% 1.45 14 60

68% 1.38 14 60

92% 1.30 14 30

92% 1.29 12 30

89% 1.26 3 15

99% 1.24 14 15

Case Study: Open Aisle Containment

FREE

COOL

0

1.5

2.0PUE

The chillers give us 1500kW n + 1 cooling plus a stunning reduction in electricity consumption i.e.

2.5 times cooling capacity for 100 – 150kW less power consumption per day.

Mark Ford

Data Centre Manager

Case Study: Open Aisle Containment

Free-coolingopportunity

(%)

Systemefficiency

(Annualised PUE)

Space claim(cooling

equipment (m²)

Space claim(IT

equipment (m²)

Open Aisle

Cold Aisle

Hot Aisle

InRak

OnRak

ECHO

49% 1.45 14 60

68% 1.38 14 60

92% 1.30 14 30

92% 1.29 12 30

89% 1.26 3 15

99% 1.24 14 15

Case Study: Cold Aisle Containment

FREE

COOL

Free-coolingopportunity

(%)

Systemefficiency

(Annualised PUE)

Space claim(cooling

equipment (m²)

Space claim(IT

equipment (m²)

Open Aisle

Cold Aisle

Hot Aisle

InRak

OnRak

ECHO

49% 1.45 14 60

68% 1.38 14 60

92% 1.30 14 30

92% 1.29 12 30

89% 1.26 3 15

99% 1.24 14 15

Case Study: Hot Aisle Containment

FREE

COOL

FREE

COOL

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95%

Airedale provides us with a fully integrated cooling solution designed for maximum efficiency and

critical redundancy…Our carbon neutral status helps our clients take huge steps towards their own

environmental goals and carbon reduction commitments.

Rob Garbutt

Chief Executive Officer

Case Study: Hot Aisle Containment

Free-coolingopportunity

(%)

Systemefficiency

(Annualised PUE)

Space claim(cooling

equipment (m²)

Space claim(IT

equipment (m²)

Open Aisle

Cold Aisle

Hot Aisle

InRak

OnRak

ECHO

49% 1.45 14 60

68% 1.38 14 60

92% 1.30 14 30

92% 1.29 12 30

89% 1.26 3 15

99% 1.24 14 15

Case Study: InRak Hot Aisle Containment

FREE

COOL

Guaranteed PUE 1.29

The InRak is perfectly designed…the units are very clever; they ‘talk’ to each other and maintain pressure

in the room. ACIS gives us 24/7 control of the operation and peace of mind.

Mike Marchant

Data Centre Manager

Case Study: InRak Hot Aisle Containment

Free-coolingopportunity

(%)

Systemefficiency

(Annualised PUE)

Space claim(cooling

equipment (m²)

Space claim(IT

equipment (m²)

Open Aisle

Cold Aisle

Hot Aisle

InRak

OnRak

ECHO

49% 1.45 14 60

68% 1.38 14 60

92% 1.30 14 30

92% 1.29 12 30

89% 1.26 3 15

99% 1.24 14 15

Case Study: OnRak Compact Hot Aisle

35% savings vs. standard DX

Our HPC facility at Leeds is growing …by meeting our space constraints and slotting into our existing cooling loop, the OnRak units from Airedale have saved us space in an already densely packed

environment

Dr Jon Summers

Senior Lecturer, School of Mechanical Engineering

Case Study: OnRak Compact Hot Aisle

Increased IT Opportunity

0

20

100

40

60

80

Space m2Cooling

Equipment (m2)Rack (m2)

ECHOInRakHot

AisleOpenAisle

OnRakColdAisle

30m² 32m² 56m² 45m²

Additional Space (m2)

ECHOInRakHot

AisleOpenAisle

OnRakColdAisle

3 Year Lifecycle Cost

0

0.2

1.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

£ (millions)

1.45 1.38 1.30 1.29 1.26 1.24

Operating Costs

(over 3 years)Total Capital

CostPUE

Business Issues

Uptime

Efficiency

Capital Costs

Operational Costs

FootprintAnd Density

Contact Us

For more information on any of our products please visit:

www.airedale.com

Or alternatively, call us on + 44 (0)113 239 1000

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