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ENERGY AND WATER IMPACTS OF DATA CENTER COOLING SYSTEMS: A TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE ASSESSMENT FOR FACILITY DESIGN
(2015-12-10)Increasingly, society is being transferred to a dependence upon electronic technologies and networked systems, usually accessed via the internet. Physically, these systems reside within clusters of servers and storage ... -
ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE USING FERROFLUIDS SLUGS IN MICROCHANNELS
(2018-12-14)This research proposes a new concept of energy harvesting with the help of oscillating slugs of ferrofluid in microchannels. Ferrofluids are colloidal suspension of paramagnetic nanoparticles which get magnetized in the ... -
ENHANCED SPECIFIC HEAT OF MOLTEN SALT NANOFLUIDS
(2016-05-13)Concentrated solar power uses general thermodynamic cycles (such as Rankine or Gas turbine cycle) to produce electricity and thus its efficiency primarily relies on the operating temperature of thermal energy storage. ... -
Enhanced thermophysical properties via PAO superstructure
(Springer OpenDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2017-01-11)For the last few years, molten salt nanomaterials have attracted many scientists for their enhanced specific heat by doping a minute concentration of nanoparticles (up to 1% by weight). Likewise, enhancing the specific ... -
Enhancement Of Cryoinjury By Use Of Eutectic Crystallization Of An Amino Acid Adjuvant
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Enhancement of cryoinjury by use of eutectic formation was investigated to improve the efficacy of cryosurgery. Although the enhancement of cryoinjury associated with eutectic crystallization of sodium chloride (NaCl) has ... -
ENHANCEMENT OF FOG-COLLECTION EFFICIENCY OF A RASCHEL MESH USING SURFACE COATINGS AND GEOMETRIC CHANGES
(2015-12-08)In a few countries, such as Chile, a Raschel mesh is widely used in the field to collect fog. In this work, we explored the possibility of enhancing fog-collection efficiency of a typical Raschel mesh through surface ... -
Enhancement Of Pool Boiling And Evaporative Heat Transfer Using High Temperature Thermally Conductive Microporous Coatings
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-12)The present research is an experimental study of the enhancement of pool boiling and evaporative heat transfer using high temperature thermally conductive microporous coatings. Two major types of coatings were investigated: ... -
Enhancement Of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Using Thermally-conductive Microporous Coating Techniques
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)The present research is an experimental study of the enhancement of boiling heat transfer using microporous coating techniques. The current research is divided into four major phases. During the first phase, the effects ... -
ENHANCING INDIRECT / DIRECT EVAPORATIVE HEAT EXCHANGER IN DATA CENTER COOLING BY USING PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL
(2017-08-11)Electrical usage in data center continues to grow and recent projection estimate that it contributes 2% in the electricity use in the U.S. One method of controlling the electrical usage during cooling is to reduce or ... -
ENHANCING MICROSTRUCTURE, COMPOSITION HOMOGENEITY, AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES IN LASER POWDER BED FUSED METALLIC ALLOYS: DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND EVALUATION
(2023-05-12)Over the past five decades, Nickel-based and Titanium-based alloys have become increasingly popular materials. As the manufacturing industry for these alloys has advanced, the demand for fabricating complex parts with ... -
Enhancing Tensile Strength of FDM parts using Thermal Annealing and Uniaxial Pressure
(2019-01-15)Additive manufacturing has been a revolutionary and disruptive technological development in the field of design and manufacturing with Fused deposition modelling (FDM) being at the forefront of this technology. But it is ... -
Estimation Of Aircraft States And Wind Exposure In Aerial Refueling
(Aerospace Engineering, 2012-07-25)When a tanker and receiver aircraft fly in tight formation in an aerial refueling operation, they are exposed to various sources of wind with varying magnitude and direction. The tanker and the receiver aircraft experience ... -
Estimation of Fracture Mechanics Parameters In 3D TSV Package During Chip Attachment Process
(2015-11-24)Nowadays, the packaging of electronic products is becoming revolutionized, since the packages are becoming more and more complex, dense, thinner and lighter for greater portability. Miniaturization of packages is being ... -
Evaluating and augmenting fuel-saving benefits obtained in aircraft formation flight
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2015-05)When an aircraft flies, it generates wake vortices, which induce a non-uniform wind distribution in its wake. A trail aircraft, placed in the wake of a lead's aircraft vortices experiences this non-uniform wind distribution ... -
Evaluating Heat Sink Performance In An Immersion-cooled Server System
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-09-17)As operating power within server systems continues to increase in support of increased data usage across networks worldwide, it is necessary to explore options outside of traditional air-cooled systems. In this study, a ... -
EVALUATING THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZED LOW-COST 3D PRINTED HEAT SINK MADE OF COPPER
(2021-05-09)The performance of a heat sink is highly dependent on the overall surface area available for heat transfer. Designing heat sinks with greater surface areas meant bigger size, weight, and volume of heat-exchanger thus making ... -
EVALUATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF THERMAL SOLUTIONS IN AIR AND LIQUID COOLING SYSTEMS FOR DATACENTERS
(2023-08-28)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 8/1/2024** ABSTRACT: A data center is a specifically constructed establishment designed to accommodate computing, storage, and transmission equipment, thereby facilitating ... -
EVALUATION OF COOLING ARCHITECTURES AND CONTROL STRATEGIES IN AIRFLOW PROVISIONING A MODULAR DATA CENTER
(2016-05-10)To achieve energy efficiency and reduce operational costs in data centers with modularized Information Technology and cooling infrastructure there is an ongoing trend to minimize the use of mechanical cooling and instead ... -
EVALUATION OF SOLDER ALLOYS FOR BGA PACKAGE: A COMPARATIVE RELIABILITY STUDY USING ANSYS COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS
(2023-05-22)Temperature cycling failure of solder joints in Ball Grid Array (BGA) packages has become a critical issue in electronic manufacturing. This thesis specifically characterizes three different lead-free solder alloys (Pure ... -
An Evaluation Of Using Component Mode Synthesis For Structural Models
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Structural analysts have used component mode synthesis (CMS), also known as substructuring, for decades to divide large structural models into smaller, more manageable models, and to reduce the size of the associated ...