Air Conditioning
Overview - Precision Air Conditioning, Ultrasonic Humidification, Portable Air Conditioning, Telecom Closet Air Conditioning
IT has significant air conditioning requirements. The heat output from servers and other IT equipment carries a large concern from an infrastructure standpoint. The government has established a priority to make IT more efficient. Much of this is dependent upon manufacturers to make more efficient servers and power supplies. As an engineering based business we believe proper IT room layout and HVAC (Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning) equipment specification and implementation is paramount. We design and supply critical IT air conditioning systems. In doing so we view the need from the level of the server out. By that we mean the individual pieces of IT equipment have inlet air requirements which we design to meet. The discharge air from the server must then be dealt with in the most efficient manner possible to remove it's heat. Redundant cooling is the norm for IT.
Certainly hot aisle, cold aisle design is a good starting point. However there are additional concepts in terms of layout and air mixing (or elimination thereof) that need to be considered. Closesness and distance from an AC unit is important. Return air paths to HVAC equipment must be considered. Discharge air efficiency at the air conditioner and maintenance of under floor pressure for raised floor rooms must be maintained. Many parameters come into play.
The typical dedicated Computer Room Air Conditioner does cooling, dehumidifying, humidifying and heat functions. Consider the humidifier systems often used. An infrared type is often used and placed right inside the air conditioner. This is great marketing, but terrible engineering. The worst possible location to put a humidifier is inside an air conditioner. If the humidity is introduced before the cooling coil, the cold coil will instantly remove moisture just put into the airstream. If the humidityis added downstream of the cooling coil the cool air is already nearly saturated leaving the coil and the air cannot absorb moisture. The fan decks in these units rust out which is no surprise. Sales literature states bypass air is used to introduce humidity. Sounds good but reality is this means humidity is introduced downstream of the cooling coil. We're not trying to pick on a specific manufacturer or design, just pointing out the common application is very inefficient. What makes this worse is a typical infrared humdifier draws the equivalent of (96) 100 watt light bulbs. We suggest similar capacity humidifiers that use less than the equivalent of (5) 100 watt light bulbs as a better choice.
Our major point above is we use an engineering approach to pursue much more efficient and reliable designs.
Types of computer room air conditioning related equipment we offer include:
- Precision Control Air Conditioners
- Floor Mount
- Ceiling Mount
- High Efficiency Humidification Systems
- Portable Air Conditioners
- Rack Mountable Air Conditioners
- Accessories
- Brushed Floor Grommets to maintain pressure
- Air Dams
- Primary and Secondary Ventilation Systems
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