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If the entire contents of the data center were pressurized, would it increase the efficiency of air cooling? (Denser air -> more heat capacity?)
by cwkoss 8y ago
If the entire contents of the data center were pressurized, would it increase the efficiency of air cooling? (Denser air -> more heat capacity?)
- ChuckMcM 8y agoIt would certainly increase the heat capacity of the air. Compressing air into the data center however would not be a win. During compression the air gets hot. In the system that I was pushing the compressed air tanks were outside in the wind so that they were benefiting from the cooling effects of the same wind that was pumping air into them.
- cwkoss 8y agoGood point. Could allow for low power cooling (once pressurized, venting pressure would drop temperature of the contents without added energy), but probably not worth the trouble.