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Power and Cooling Solutions
Design Consulting Installation Support
“ONSITE TRIGENERATION�
Energy requirement
Data centres have enormous power and cooling loads in order to maintain a continuous and stable operation. Whilst advances in processor, storage and virtualisation technologies have delivered improvements in power usage effectiveness (PUE) a continuous market expansion requires an increase in supplied power. With energy typically representing 80% of annual operational costs the opportunity to make significant savings through the use of energy equipment has never been greater.
Assessment As consultant engineers, project managers and Carbon Trust consultants; ESP undertake detailed energy assessments to first understand the energy used on site and to establish the data centre infrastructure efficiency (DCiE). Inspection and monitoring of cooling systems performance and power use is a fundamental requirement and often provides valuable insight into quick low cost wins.
Optimise We will undertake a review of the infrastructure identifying improvements such as managing airflow, identifying hot aisle and cold aisle improvements as well as working with specialists to identify improvements in hardware and software optimisation. This process ensures that the full benefit can be achieved following the installation of high efficiency plant.
Install Existing data centres typically use grid based electricity to power all elements of the site, which includes the IT and cooling equipment. Tri-generation is achieved when on site plant generates electricity, heating and then cooling by using a natural gas combined heat and power engine (CHP). Within a tri-generation system; generated electricity replaces grid based power and the heat is converted to cooling using an absorption chiller, With gas typically costing a third of the cost of grid based electricity significant savings and other benefit can be achieved.
Energy distribution
CUSTOM SOLUTIONS Every CHP or trigen installation undertaken by ESP is carefully designed to optimise efficiency and to improve viability. Establishing a heating base load is key to increased efficiency and through the integration of thermal stores for hot water storage or, for
Benefits of co- and tri-generation are:
Economic benefits: The benefits for the data centre owner/operator are economic. Energy costs of tri-generation units are significantly lower than grid based power.
example, developing load through the use of absorption cooling load, efficiencies are maximized.
Reduction in Carbon Tax: Businesses can claim enhanced capital allowances and the scheme can also allows exemption from the climate change levy whilst also contributing to the reduction of taxes associated with the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC).
WEB SOLUTIONS Whilst fully remotely monitored solutions are available for your trigen plant, we can provide a SMS based alert system directly to your mobile and web based interface without any
Increased power availability: The successful installation of trigeneration will provide
monthly charge.
increased power availability and will improve reliability.
Emissions reduction: CO2 emissions are reduced drastically both as a result of the increased efficiency and the production of electricity locally.
Increase of the reliability of the energy supply: When the trigeneration system is connected in parallel to the grid it provides a permanent dual source in case of interruption of the centre’s supply.
ENERGY MONITORING ESP can provide metering solutions that comply with your monitoring and targeting objectives, or that simply inform you of energy generated, exported or used on site.
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