By creating a 'kit of parts' approach,.
Architectural features –.We analyse the effects of altering the hot return ceiling void depths, extent of hot aisle containment, aisle pitches and reducing FFLs.
This drives the reduction of the economic and carbon cost of the building and reduce building footprint..Structural Options –.Various structural options can be considered to minimise material usage and reduce building height, carbon, and cost, whilst not compromising cooling performance.. CFD can provide evidence during the design process to minimise design risk and help optimise data hall designs further.
This allows the design to be improved across all disciplines.Below is an example of a structural study, looking at how structural options affect the air pressures within the data hall.. Pressure Plots from a recent Structural Optimisation CFD Analysis Study.
External CFD Model.
External CFD analysis plays a crucial role in data centre design by assessing the risk of hot air being entrained by cooling equipment.For this client, Bryden Wood have designed facilities with excellent environmental performance, introduced green landscaping throughout their site and undertaken studies into the feasibility of achieving Net Zero carbon for the site’s base load energy consumption..
However, none of these initiatives addresses the ‘elephant in the room’: the industrial plastics manufacturing process itself, which is heavily reliant on the carbon-intensive chemical production sector.. Chemical production is set to become ‘the single largest driver of global oil consumption by 2030’ according to a 2019 paper in the.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The chemical industry uses around 28% of all industrial energy and 10% of global final energy.2. , which shows how vital it is for the industry to change if we are to reduce carbon emissions and help combat climate change..