Precision Cooling For Business-Critical Continuity™
Liebert ® DCW ™ Family Chilled Water-Based High Density Cooling For The Data Center
Flexible Approaches For Energy Efficient Cooling
Save up to 70% in cooling energy usage
Normalized Annual Energy Usage
Data center managers are constantly faced with the challenge of reducing energy consumption and increasing processing capacity, without compromising business activities. The Liebert DCW chilled water-based high density cooling family provides energy savings of up to 70% over traditional cooling. The modular approach allows additional cooling to be added as compute capacity grows, without disruption of the data center.
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Adding targeted cooling is more cost-efficient than trying to lower the temperature of the entire data center by increasing the overall room air conditioning capacity. Liebert DCW missioncritical cooling systems are specifically designed to address the higher heat loads generated by tightly packed electronic rack enclosures.
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Liebert DCW Water-Based Systems Liebert DCW is a family of water-cooled systems that offers a cost-efficient cooling alternative. They are designed to work in any size space from a small computer room to a large data center with loads from 5 to 35 kW per rack. Business continuity professionals are demanding an integrated high heat density cooling solution — one that considers both room-level and rack-level needs.
Effective Solutions need to be flexible Added as heat loads increase, Liebert DCW cooling capacity allows your facility to adapt as heat loads rise — allowing cooling solutions to be added to react to the changes in your environment.
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Benefits of the Liebert DCW approach include: Lowest Total Cost of Ownership
Total energy savings potential of up to 70%
More cost-effective than increasing the overall room air conditioning capacity using floor-mounted cooling units only.
Minimal floor space requirements.
Flexibility
Can cool more than 35 kW per rack.
Designed to work with or without the hot aisle/cold aisle.
Works with or without raised floor.
Higher Availability
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Ensures continuous operation of critical IT systems under extreme heat conditions
Local service and support experts, and 24 hour support call center
Total Data Center Cost (less land) Total Data Center Cost (less land) ($000) ($000)
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Liebert DCW Solutions Cut Capital Costs
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The flexible configuration of the Liebert DCW system modules also allows scalability andSize significantly Building $15,000 for future growth improves floor space utilization compared to an installation using only floor-mounted cooling units. Installing more $10,000 50 W/sq.ft 150 W/sq.ft 400 W/sq.ft Liebert DCW capacity uses little or no additional floor area. (500 W/m ) (1500 W/m ) (4000 W/m )
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The capital costs of a data center are significantly reduced as higher densities of IT equipment are housed in smaller sized areas. Liebert DCW - Supplemental Cooling Requires less Chiller Capacity
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0.40 Building 1: 80,000 sq.ft. (8000m2), 18” (450mm) Raised 0.20 Floor, Designed for 50 W/sq.ft (500W/m2), Raised-floor 0.00 Precision Air Conditioning units for cooling. CW CRAC
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Building 2: 27,000 sq.ft. (2700m2), 36” (900mm) Raised Floor. Designed for 150 W/sq.ft (1500W/m2), Raised-floor Precision Air Conditioning units for cooling. Liebert XD(1000m2), - Supplemental Building 3: 10,000 sq.ft. 18”Cooling (450mm) Raised wer to cool 1 kW of sensible heat
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The smaller chiller plant and lower fan load result in significant energy savings as well. A 27% energy savings is very conservative.
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High Heat Density. High Temperatures.
This compacted capacity means higher heat densities. What was once a 1 kW rack or 10 kW rack may now exceed 30 kW. This requires a shift in focus from a traditional room-based view of cooling to a rack-based view. IT decision makers must consider both “watt per square foot” and “kW per rack” when evaluating cooling solutions.
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And, They Attack Your Facility in Two Ways Hotter Facilities Hot Spots As processor capabilities increase, so do computer room power densities—from 50 Watt per square foot (540W/m2) to over 300 Watt per square foot (320W/ m2). Your whole data center just keeps getting hotter.
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With constant introduction of new technology, the computing capacity that once filled an entire room can now be contained within a single rack. Blade servers, communication switches and other electronics are packed into racks — creating increased heat densities that cannot be effectively cooled by traditional cooling solutions.
The Liebert DCW cooling solution can provide 200 kW of sensible cooling, with modules capable of providing localized cooling up to 35 kW per rack.
Compounding the problem, this higher heat load is not evenly distributed throughout the room. Sometimes, power densities can grow into hundreds of Watt per square foot, creating localized “hot spots” of extreme heat.
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The Liebert XDK-W enclosed rack contains and cools the hot air within the cabinet.
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The Liebert DCD door neutralizes the server’s exhaust air before it leaves the rack.
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Some room and equipment designs preclude the hot aisle/cold aisle configuration. These are often well-suited to cooling with the Liebert DCW system.
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A common way to improve performance of existing raised floor cooling applications has been the “hot aisle/cold aisle” approach. In this configuration, rows of equipment racks are arranged in alternating “hot” and “cold” aisles. Only the cold aisles have perforated floor tiles that allow cool air to come up from under the raised floor. The Liebert DCW solution is compatible with existing hot aisle/cold aisle application.
Unfortunately, even when using a hot aisle/cold aisle configuration, the limits of standard underfloor cooling are soon reached as rack heat loads increase.
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Heat Load = 10 kW Per Rack With Hot Aisle /Cold Aisle Layout Side views of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) by Fluent showing limitations of hot aisle/cold aisle approach as heat load increases.
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Liebert DCW Cooling Solutions
200 kW of Sensible Cooling The Liebert DCP Coolant Pumping Unit is the key to the performance, efficiency and space saving design of the Liebert DCD passive chilled water door and Liebert XDK-W water- cooled rack enclosure. The unit houses the isolating heat exchanger between the Liebert DCD/XDK-W circuit fluid and building chilled water, the control valve, the dual redundant pumps and the system controls. It controls the fluid temperature above the actual room dewpoint. The Liebert DCP can also be used with other brands of rack cooling equipment.
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The Liebert DCP isolates the building’s chilled water circuit from the chilled water circuit within the data center. Separating the data center from the building chiller also minimizes the impact of a leak within the data center. Should a leak occur, the volume of water is limited to the amount within the secondary piping system instead of the entire building chiller system. The separation from the building chiller system also ensures proper water quality to the cooling modules in the data center by creating a closed loop system. The Liebert DCP circulates the chilled water to cooling modules (Liebert DCD or Liebert XDK-W) while preventing condensation by maintaining the water temperature above the room dew point.
Intelligent System Control The Liebert iCOM control system on the Liebert DCP features maintenance history, spare parts list, Liebert IntelliSlotÂŽ for up to two cards (web compatibility and BMS), and comprehensive monitoring. The enhanced Liebert iCOM with its IT-focused user interface allows real-time monitoring and data capture. Status may be reported back to the BMS via Liebert IntelliSlot communications cards.
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Room-neutral Cooling Over 35 kW Per Rack High density cooling that won’t add heat to your room.
Liebert DCW Cooling Modules Open Architecture Liebert DCD Rack Door Cooling Module Replaces the back door of a server enclosure, providing cooling without increasing the rack footprint. The module uses the server fans within the protected rack to provide airflow, providing the most energy efficient design.
Can cool over 35 kW per Rack No electrical components No noise Stationary connections Full access to rear of rack Adapts to Emerson Network Power DCM racks or racks by other manufacturers
Closed Architecture Liebert XDK-W High Density Cooling Enclosure Utilizes closed air circulation, the racks are completely sealed from room air. The server heat load is dissipated into the process chilled water system through an air-towater heat exchanger in the bottom of the rack. Redundant high-performance fans drive closed loop air circulation in the rack’s interior, while servers are supplied with cold air at the front of the rack.
Can cool over 35 kW per Rack Completely sealed rack N+1 redundant variable speed fans Quiet operations Automatic emergency door opening
Open and Closed Architecture Systems as defined by ASHRAE
Open architecture systems utilizes cooling coils near the heat load either inside or outside the open server rack and use the room air volume as a thermal storage to ride through short power outages.
Closed architecture fully encloses the rack with the cooling coils inside. Other provisions are required for power loss ride through.
For refrigerant-based systems, the Liebert XD system is designed to maximize cooling efficiency while avoiding the electrical hazards that may be present in a water-based system. The Liebert XD system can cool rack loads from 8 to 40 kW per rack in rooms 1200 sq ft or larger. (See Liebert XD Brochure SL-11265 for more details.)
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