A framework for waste heat energy recovery within data centre

Yang Luo; John Andresen; Henry Clarke; Matthew Rajendra; Mercedes Maroto-Valer

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.875

A framework for waste heat energy recovery within data centre

Yang Luo
, John Andresen
, Henry Clarke
, Matthew Rajendra
, Mercedes Maroto-Valer^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Heriot-Watt University
Dearman Engine Company
Submersify Corporation

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Abstract

Data Centres are emerging as a large industrial sector, consuming three percent of the global electricity supply while contributing for two percent of total greenhouse gas emissions, with as much as half ultimately wasted as heat. Consequently, research has focused on technologies for harvesting this waste heat energy. A framework and its accompanying decision support tool is presented which identifies the compatibility of waste heat source(s) and sink(s), exergy balance and temporal availability, along with economic and environmental benefits of available heat exchanger technologies to propose a streamlined and optimised heat recovery strategy. Substantial improvement in data centre energy efficiency together with reduction in payback time for heat recovery has been demonstrated in the included case study.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3788-3794
Number of pages	7
Journal	Energy Procedia
Volume	158
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.875
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	10th International Conference on Applied Energy, ICAE 2018 - Hong Kong, China Duration: 22 Aug 2018 → 25 Aug 2018

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

Data centre
Energy efficiency
Environment
Sustainable development
Waste heat recovery

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