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Electronic performance impact of elevated humidity environments: implications for free air cooling of data centers.

Author(s) : GUENIN B.

Type of article: Article, Review

Summary

There has been considerable interest in cooling data centers by means of circulating outside air through the data center to cool the computer hardware directly and then exhausting it to the outdoors. This achieves energy efficiency by eliminating active refrigeration, for at least part of the year. This cooling method is commonly called "free air cooling". For reasons of economy and ease in manufacture, many of the components currently used in electronics systems employ organic materials. As is well known, organic materials are, in general, permeable to moisture and will, over time, absorb moisture until a concentration level is reached that is in equilibrium with the that of the ambient air.

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  • Original title: Electronic performance impact of elevated humidity environments: implications for free air cooling of data centers.
  • Record ID : 30012177
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Electronics cooling
  • Publication date: 2013/06/16

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