The Complex System of a Thermal Wheel, Abridged
This unique scalable and waterless air-side economizer design provides 90% effectiveness in heat rejection to produce and maximize constant free cooling hours in your data center. The sensible Thermal wheel also known as a rotary heat exchanger is made of corrugated aluminum, bisected by two parallel ducts. As the thermal wheel rotates, hot air from the servers is pulled into the wheel cooling unit by fans and absorbs the heat as it passes through. Heat is picked up from the exhaust air stream in one half of the rotation and given up to the fresh air stream in the other half of the rotation.
Because of the nature of thermal wheels in the way that heat is transferred from the exhaust air stream to the supply air stream without having to pass directly through an exchange medium, the gross efficiencies are usually much higher than that of any other air-side heat recovery system.
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Since 1995, 42U has been a leader in providing data center efficiency solutions for data center IT and facilities managers. Dedicated to providing smart, scalable solutions to fit the growing power and cooling needs of the data center, 42U’s vendor and technology agnostic approach leverages best-practice expertise in data center power, cooling and environment monitoring technologies. Additional information is available at www.42U.com
About KyotoCooling
Founded in 2006, KyotoCooling provides mission-critical, water free cooling with unparalleled levels of reliability, efficiency and modularity for data centers. With hundreds of installations in various climates around the world, KyotoCooling is the most experienced supplier of indirect cooling solutions in the data center industry. The company has offices in Amersfoort, Netherlands, Dallas, Texas, Johannesburg, South Africa and Tianjin, China along with established licensed agents in North America and Australia.