Mohammad Sharfuddin
Department of Process, Energy and Environmental Technology, University of South-Eastern Norway
Lars Erik Øi
Department of Process, Energy and Environmental Technology, University of South-Eastern Norway
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https://doi.org/10.3384/ecp2017671Published in: Proceedings of The 61st SIMS Conference on Simulation and Modelling SIMS 2020, September 22-24, Virtual Conference, Finland
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 176:10, p. 71-76
Published: 2021-03-03
ISBN: 978-91-7929-731-2
ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
Digitalization has influenced the rapid growth of data centers around the world. The advancement of IT and telecommunication also played a vital role in this expansion of data centers. Data centers facilitate the storage and access of data when required. Electric power is the main energy input and heat is the main energy output from the data center. This work is about the utilization of the excess heat which is the by-product of data center operation. Possible ways to utilize waste heat from data centers have been evaluated. To connect the heat from data centers to a district heating network, a heat pump might be necessary to increase the temperature of the heat. Simulations were performed at varying conditions in Aspen HYSYS to evaluate the waste heat utilization. The economic potential for different conditions and different heat recovery solutions are also evaluated.
