A Novel Loop-Heat-Pipe (LHP)-based Data Centre Heat Removal and Recovery System Employing the Micro-channels Cold/Hot Plates
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This is a two-year funded joint research project between two partners (University of Hull and Hisense Europe). This project is funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships
Project Information
Acronym: LHP-C-H-PLATE-4-DC
Grant agreement: 835778
Status: Ongoing project
Start date: 1 September 2019
End date: 31 August 2021
Coordinated by: University of Hull
System Diagram
The system comprises a loop pipe with a sensor-controlled liquid upper-feeding unit and a liquid-vapour separator, a micro- channel cold plate which is bond to the skins of the data processing equipment to absorb heat from the equipment, and a micro-channel hot plate which, being combined with another plate to form an integrated heat exchanger, can effectively transfer heat from the loop fluid to a secondary fluid (e.g. water). This allows the heat generated by the data processing equipment to be absorbed by the loop- heat-pipe (LHP) working fluid which is circulated across the cold & hot plates and the LHP, and then conveyed to the secondary fluid through the hot plate, thus significantly reducing the cooling load of the data centre space and electricity use of the data centre air conditioning equipment. The extra benefit of such a system is the effective recovery of the data centre waste heat which can be used to providing hot water, space heating and other services, thus leading to further saving of the heat demand from the data centre space.
System Description
Project Team Members
Preliminary energy performance estimation
Preliminary results
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August 2020 |19th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies.
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September 2020 | Secondment to Hisense Europe
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August 2021| World Renewable Energy Congress
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September 2021| Workshop at University of Hull