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Application of Liebert
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CRV
Liebert CRV - PD - 265086 - 11.01.2018
2.1 First check
Before proceeding with Liebert
®
CRV application please make sure the unit selected is suitable for your
site. Liebert
®
CRV is targeted for small and medium data centers and it is optimized for maximum cool-
ing capacity in a minimal footprint. It is designed for high air inlet temperature (up to 40° C), therefore it
is advised to accomplish Hot-Cold aisle configuration.
Liebert
®
CRV is able to modulate the cooling capacity in order to quick adjust to any changing heat load.
Liebert
®
CRV is designed to provide proper control of the room temperature, humidity and air filtration.
The specific design of Liebert
®
CRV is optimized in order to be extremely efficient without providing
unnecessary latent cooling (dehumidification) not specifically required for cooling of IT electronic equip
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ments, which enhance the overall cooling system efficiency.
2.1.1 Hot-Cold aisle configuration
A best practice is to use rows of equipment racks in an alternating arrangement of cold aisles and hot
aisles.
In the cold aisle, the equipment racks are arranged face to face so the cold air discharged from the
Liebert
®
CRV unit(s) is drawn into the front of the servers and exhausted out through the rear into the
hot aisles. Hot aisles are literally hot because the objective of the alternating cold and hot aisle design
is to separate the source of cooling air from hot air discharge which returns to the Liebert
®
CRV unit(s).
Therefore, hot and cold aisle should be separated otherwise there would be a mix of hot and cold air
and thereby lower the temperature of the air returning to the CRV units, which reduces their usable
capacity.
Fig. 2a Example of high density installation with cold aisle and hot aisle alternation
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