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Advanced Techno logy
Power and Cooling Solutions
Design Consult ing Instal lat ion
Support
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.
“ONSITE TRIGENERATION”
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
example, developing load
through the use of absorption
cooling load, efficiencies are
maximized.
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
monthly charge.
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.
Energy distribution
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.
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).
Increased power availability: The successful installation of trigeneration will provide
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.
ESP CREDENTIALS
• 15 YEARS DESIGN AND INSTALL
• CARBON TRUST CONSULTANTS
• STANDARD £5M DESIGN PI
• MCS ACCREDITED FOR CHP
• NAPIT ELECTRICAL APPROVED
• REAL APPROVED
• CHAS APPROVED DESIGNER
• CHAS APPROVED CONTRACTOR
Engineering Support Partnership Ltd
13 Quay Level
St Peters Basin
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE6 1TZ
Call: 0845 519 5912
www.espprojects.com
Email: [email protected]
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