DocumentCode
3292418
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
fYear
2005
fDate
16-19 May 2005
Firstpage
19
Lastpage
24
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electronics and the Environment, 2005. Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Symposium on
ISSN
1095-2020
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8910-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISEE.2005.1436985
Filename
1436985
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