Energy Performance Evaluation of Aquila's Aquarius Fixed Cold Plate Cooling System at NREL's High Performance Computing Center

David Sickinger, David Martinez, Bob Bolz

Research output: NRELTechnical Report

Abstract

In the first half of 2018, as part of a partnership with Sandia National Laboratories, Aquila installed its fixed cold plate, liquid-cooled Aquarius rack solution for high-performance computing (HPC) clustering at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL's) Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF). This new fixed cold plate, warm-water cooling technology together with a manifold design provides easy access to service nodes and eliminates the need for server auxiliary fans altogether. Aquila and Sandia National Laboratories chose NREL's HPC Data Center for the initial installation and evaluation because the data center is configured for liquid cooling and has the required instrumentation to measure flow and temperature differences to facilitate testing. This paper gives an overview of the Aquarius fixed cold plate cooling technology and provides results from early energy performance evaluation testing.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages24
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/TP-2C00-73356

Keywords

  • Aquarius
  • Aquila
  • cooling
  • fixed cold plate
  • HPCC

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