TY - GEN
T1 - A novel linear air amplifier technology to replace rotary fans in data center server rack cooling
AU - Alimohammadi, Sajad
AU - Persoons, Tim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/9/14
Y1 - 2020/9/14
N2 - This paper investigates the potential of a novel linear air flow amplifier designed to replace rotary fans for various industries where their performance is undesirable like electronics cooling applications in compact data center servers. The device operates with no moving parts and generates a high-speed uniform flow attached to the rack server surface with a need for a detailed investigation into the mechanism of fluid flow, heat transfer, and noise generation associated with its operation. To progress the state of the art, a high aspect ratio rectangular air amplifier is developed and characterized from various engineering aspects to address the flow performance, energy efficiency and acoustic performance of the new devices in a side by side comparison versus high-speed axial fans. As the preliminary effort in the development of the novel air amplifier, this paper aims to investigate the hydrodynamic characteristics of the air amplifier using analytical and experimental methods.
AB - This paper investigates the potential of a novel linear air flow amplifier designed to replace rotary fans for various industries where their performance is undesirable like electronics cooling applications in compact data center servers. The device operates with no moving parts and generates a high-speed uniform flow attached to the rack server surface with a need for a detailed investigation into the mechanism of fluid flow, heat transfer, and noise generation associated with its operation. To progress the state of the art, a high aspect ratio rectangular air amplifier is developed and characterized from various engineering aspects to address the flow performance, energy efficiency and acoustic performance of the new devices in a side by side comparison versus high-speed axial fans. As the preliminary effort in the development of the novel air amplifier, this paper aims to investigate the hydrodynamic characteristics of the air amplifier using analytical and experimental methods.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85106417385
U2 - 10.1109/THERMINIC49743.2020.9420492
DO - 10.1109/THERMINIC49743.2020.9420492
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85106417385
T3 - 2020 26th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems, THERMINIC 2020 - Proceedings
BT - 2020 26th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems, THERMINIC 2020 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 26th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems, THERMINIC 2020
Y2 - 14 September 2020 through 9 October 2020
ER -
