Measurement-based modeling for data centers

Author

López, Vanessa ; Hamann, Hendrik F.

Author_Institution

T.J. Watson Res. Center, IBM, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

2-5 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

We present a heat transfer model for data centers where real-time measurement data is used to reduce the complexity in the specifications of the model. As this modeling approach obtains its input directly from real-time measurements (in the form of boundary data), it is suitable for operational and real-time usage. Although the model is simpler than those based on the use of the Navier-Stokes equations for fluid flow, numerical experiments suggest that it can nevertheless provide useful information for use in data center energy management.

Keywords

Navier-Stokes equations; computational fluid dynamics; computer centres; heat transfer; numerical analysis; Navier-Stokes equations; computational fluid dynamics; data center energy management; fluid flow; heat transfer model; measurement-based modeling; numerical simulations; partial differential equation; Boundary value problems; Computational fluid dynamics; Energy management; Fluid flow; Heat transfer; Navier-Stokes equations; Numerical models; Numerical simulation; Temperature sensors; Thermal conductivity; CFD modeling; boundary value problem; data center; energy management; numerical simulations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITherm), 2010 12th IEEE Intersociety Conference on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

ISSN

1087-9870

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5342-9

Electronic_ISBN

1087-9870

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITHERM.2010.5501415

Filename

5501415