Development of an IT equipment lumped capacitance parameter database for transient data center simulations

Dustin W. Demetriou; Hamza Salih Erden; H. Ezzat Khalifa; Roger R. Schmidt

doi:10.1109/ITHERM.2014.6892434

Development of an IT equipment lumped capacitance parameter database for transient data center simulations

Dustin W. Demetriou^*, Hamza Salih Erden, H. Ezzat Khalifa, Roger R. Schmidt

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Abstract

The transient behavior of IT equipment can be represented by a lumped thermal capacitance for use in data center level transient thermal simulations. Previous work has proposed a mathematical methodology to extract the necessary lumped capacitance parameters, the server's time constant and heat transfer effectiveness, via air temperature measurements. This work describes and experimentally tests that proposed methodology to introduce a possible approach for developing an easy-to-use database of lumped capacitance characteristics for use in transient thermal simulations. The database will allow the user to select the appropriate transient parameters based on characteristics that do not require an autopsy of each-and-every server in the data center. Experiments are conducted to provide representative transient parameters which classify the servers by mass density and operating air flow rate. The paper describes the experimental methodology in detail to allow for the easy addition of other IT equipment or future server generations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1330-1337
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479952670
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHERM.2014.6892434
Publication status	Published - 4 Sept 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	14th InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2014 - Orlando, United States Duration: 27 May 2014 → 30 May 2014

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Name	Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference

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Conference	14th InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando
Period	27/05/14 → 30/05/14

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Keywords

data center
energy efficiency
transient

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Demetriou, D. W., Erden, H. S., Khalifa, H. E., & Schmidt, R. R. (2014). Development of an IT equipment lumped capacitance parameter database for transient data center simulations. In Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference (pp. 1330-1337). Article 6892434 (Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHERM.2014.6892434

Demetriou, Dustin W. ; Erden, Hamza Salih ; Khalifa, H. Ezzat et al. / Development of an IT equipment lumped capacitance parameter database for transient data center simulations. Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. pp. 1330-1337 (Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference).

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Demetriou, DW, Erden, HS, Khalifa, HE & Schmidt, RR 2014, Development of an IT equipment lumped capacitance parameter database for transient data center simulations. in Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference., 6892434, Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1330-1337, 14th InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2014, Orlando, United States, 27/05/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHERM.2014.6892434

Development of an IT equipment lumped capacitance parameter database for transient data center simulations. / Demetriou, Dustin W.; Erden, Hamza Salih; Khalifa, H. Ezzat et al.
Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 1330-1337 6892434 (Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference).

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Development of an IT equipment lumped capacitance parameter database for transient data center simulations

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