Title :
Cycle evaluation of combined heat and power alternatives in data centers
Author :
Shah, A. ; Krishnan, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a first-order life cycle analysis of different combined heat and power (CHP) concepts in an air-cooled data center. The study finds that the benefits availed by implementing CHP may be small in the short run and depend largely on the size and configuration of the data center infrastructure. However, under certain operating circumstances, both environmental and economic gains can be realized.
Keywords :
cogeneration; life cycle costing; power consumption; space heating; air-cooled data center; combined heat and power alternatives; cycle evaluation; data centers; life cycle assessment; Cogeneration; Costs; Energy consumption; Environmental economics; Power generation; Power generation economics; Production; Resistance heating; Space heating; Waste heat;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 2005. Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8910-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2005.1436985
