Thermal control of equipment enclosures-design strategies for enhanced reliability

Author

Prudhoe, Robert K. ; Doukas, Louis

Author_Institution

Vacuum Panel Heat Exchanges Australia, St. Kilda West, Vic., Australia

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

27-30 Sep 1993

Firstpage

305

Abstract

Thermal control of electronic equipment enclosures within specified temperature limits is vital to maintain an acceptable level of communication system reliability. The paper introduces novel design strategies using precooled concrete of the building structure integrated with phase change material (“PCM”) thermal storage and the vacuum panel heat exchanger(“VPHE”) to protect equipment enclosures from excessive temperature rise in times of loss of the normal cooling system

Keywords

concrete; heat exchangers; packaging; telecommunication network reliability; telephone exchanges; telephony; thermal energy storage; thermal variables control; communication system reliability; design strategies; enhanced reliability; equipment enclosures; phase change material; precooled concrete; thermal control; thermal storage; vacuum panel heat exchanger; Buildings; Communication system control; Concrete; Control systems; Electronic equipment; Maintenance; Material storage; Phase change materials; Temperature control; Vacuum systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Energy Conference, INTELEC '93. 15th International

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1842-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INTLEC.1993.388555

Filename

388555