A review of challenging issues in the integration of absorption refrigeration and organic Rankine Cycle into a data center cooling system

Khosrow Ebrahimi, Gerard Jones, Amy Fleischer

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Abstract

Our theoretical studies showed that absorption refrigeration (AR) system and organic Rankine cycle (ORC) are the most promising technology candidates in utilizing the waste heat dissipated by data centers. Since both candidates work with heat of temperatures not less than 65°C, this study is limited to water-cooled and hybrid two-phase cooled data centers. However, there exist challenges in the integration of these technologies into the data center design. The first issue is the scale at which the waste heat is extracted and recovered. Although the range of this scale can be from a single server to multiple racks, heat input of equipment required by AR and ORC manufacturers is the main limitation. The second issue is the method of transporting extracted waste heat from chip to either the generator of AR or the evaporator of ORC with minimum degradation of heat quality. In this paper the major focus is on the first issue.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1047-1054
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781479952670
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Sep 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event14th InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2014 - Orlando, United States
Duration: 27 May 201430 May 2014

Publication series

NameThermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems -Proceedings of the Intersociety Conference

Conference

Conference14th InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITherm 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period27/05/1430/05/14

Keywords

  • Coefficient of Performance
  • absorption refrigeration
  • data center
  • efficiency
  • integration
  • liquid cooling
  • novel heat recovery system
  • organic Rankine cycle
  • two-phase cooling
  • waste heat recovery

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