Object-Oriented Modelling and Simulation of Air Flow in Data Centres Based on a Quasi-3D Approach for Energy Optimisation

Alberto Leva; Daniele Mastrandrea; Marco Bonvini; Alessandro Vittorio Papadopoulos

doi:10.1109/UCC.2014.85

Object-Oriented Modelling and Simulation of Air Flow in Data Centres Based on a Quasi-3D Approach for Energy Optimisation

Alberto Leva, Daniele Mastrandrea, Marco Bonvini, Alessandro Vittorio Papadopoulos

Department of Automatic Control

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Abstract

Cloud computing has recently received considerable attention, as a promising approach for delivering ICT services by improving the utilisation of data centre resources. On the other hand, the increased usage of ICT, jointly with the increased cost of energy, make designing and managing data centres with energy efficient strategies a crucial and strategical problem.

In the literature there are many studies based on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation models. While the obtained results are usually very reliable and accurate, the massive use of such models for control design require a large amount of time due to their computational complexity and scarce flexibility. In addition, CFD models are usually quite sensitive to any kind of change to the operating conditions, e.g. when varying the considered load balancing algorithm.
In this paper, we propose a modelling and simulation framework suited for control design, that is able to simulate both heating and energy phenomena, and different load balancing strategies in a data centre. The purpose of this work is to provide a tool to perform energy-efficiency targeted studies, providing accurate and reliable results.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE/ACM 7th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC), (6th Cloud Control Workshop)
Publisher	IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	554-559
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4799-7881-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/UCC.2014.85
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	6th Cloud Control Workshop - London, United Kingdom Duration: 2014 Dec 8 → …

Conference

Conference	6th Cloud Control Workshop
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	2014/12/08 → …

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

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Control Engineering

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Object-Oriented Modelling and Simulation
Energy Optimisation
Data Centres

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Leva, A., Mastrandrea, D., Bonvini, M., & Papadopoulos, A. V. (2014). Object-Oriented Modelling and Simulation of Air Flow in Data Centres Based on a Quasi-3D Approach for Energy Optimisation. In IEEE/ACM 7th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC), (6th Cloud Control Workshop) (pp. 554-559). IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/UCC.2014.85

Leva, Alberto ; Mastrandrea, Daniele ; Bonvini, Marco et al. / Object-Oriented Modelling and Simulation of Air Flow in Data Centres Based on a Quasi-3D Approach for Energy Optimisation. IEEE/ACM 7th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC), (6th Cloud Control Workshop). IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. pp. 554-559

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Leva, A, Mastrandrea, D, Bonvini, M & Papadopoulos, AV 2014, Object-Oriented Modelling and Simulation of Air Flow in Data Centres Based on a Quasi-3D Approach for Energy Optimisation. in IEEE/ACM 7th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC), (6th Cloud Control Workshop). IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 554-559, 6th Cloud Control Workshop, London, United Kingdom, 2014/12/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/UCC.2014.85

Object-Oriented Modelling and Simulation of Air Flow in Data Centres Based on a Quasi-3D Approach for Energy Optimisation. / Leva, Alberto; Mastrandrea, Daniele; Bonvini, Marco et al.
IEEE/ACM 7th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC), (6th Cloud Control Workshop). IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 554-559.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review

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Leva A, Mastrandrea D, Bonvini M, Papadopoulos AV. Object-Oriented Modelling and Simulation of Air Flow in Data Centres Based on a Quasi-3D Approach for Energy Optimisation. In IEEE/ACM 7th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC), (6th Cloud Control Workshop). IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2014. p. 554-559 doi: 10.1109/UCC.2014.85

Object-Oriented Modelling and Simulation of Air Flow in Data Centres Based on a Quasi-3D Approach for Energy Optimisation

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