EOLIOS ingénierie, one of Europe’s leading providers of CFD modeling services for data centers, contributed its technical expertise in the understanding and modeling of external thermal and aeraulic exchanges at a data center in France, in relation to generator heat release, by carrying out CFD studies.

In the very large-scale datacenter environment, cooling system standards capable of meeting the evolving needs of the IT industry are required due to the increasing density of IT equipment (over 10 kW / rack). Cooling to remove heat from high-density IT equipment is a key consideration for data centers. These calories are evacuated by a series of systems placed in high concentration on the roof.

This analysis examines the exhaust plume from a series of generators for a data center. The aim of the process is to determine whether thermal exhaust from these systems can contaminate the supply air through looping.

To achieve this, our EOLIOS engineers used CFD numerical calculations to simulate the thermo-aerodynamic behavior of the various phenomena taking place outside the model.

A multitude of parameters were taken into account by our experts: radiant wall temperatures, thermal draft from manufacturing processes, wind pressure, internal resistance to vertical airflow; location and flow resistance characteristics of envelope openings; local terrain and the immediate impact of the building structure on the wind; and the presence of mechanical systems stirring air around processes.

We will verify the design of a system to improve the air mixing of air coolers located on the roof of technical rooms occupied by generators.