Data Center Air Management Estimator, Version 1.0 (2017)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The simplified version of the DOE Air Management Tool from LBNL and the U.S. Department of Energy, using the same calculation engine with fewer inputs to estimate the cooling energy effect of air-management improvements.
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Overview
The Data Center Air Management Estimator (AM Estimator) is a tool published by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). It is a simplified version of the DOE Air Management Tool and uses the same calculation engine. Input options are reduced in favour of clarity. Its purpose is to give a quick estimate of the effect of air-management improvements on cooling energy.
The tool is distributed as an Excel file (AM Estimator Version 1-0) and was posted on 06/27/2017. It is listed in the DOE/LBNL Data Center Energy Efficiency Toolkit alongside the full Air Management Tool and the Air Management Lookup Tables. It is therefore positioned as the entry-level member of the same calculation family. Users can therefore choose between the simple and the detailed tool according to need.
As a limit, this is a calculation tool; the method, formulas and result values are not part of this record, which rests only on the short description on the resource page. For more detailed analysis, the full Air Management Tool and its engineering reference should be used.
Key points
- A simplified version of the DOE Air Management Tool that uses the same engine.
- Input options are reduced in favour of clarity.
- Distributed as an Excel file (AM Estimator Version 1-0), posted 06/27/2017.
- Listed in the DOE/LBNL Data Center Energy Efficiency Toolkit alongside the full Air Management Tool and Air Management Lookup Tables.
- Estimates the effect of air-management improvements on cooling energy.
Using it in design
- Offer a 'quick' airflow-management estimate mode with few inputs, consistent with the DOE AM Tool engine already in the library (engineering reference v3).
- Use this tool for a first assessment and move to the full Air Management Tool for detailed studies.
- Label quick-estimate results as approximate, not exact.
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Who should read it
Data center operators and designers who want a quick estimate of the energy effect of air-management improvements.
Related standards
- DOE Air Management Tool Engineering Reference v3
Publication details
- Authors
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Publisher
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy
- Year
- 2017
- Document number
- Version 1.0
- Document language
- English
- Source type
- Government / public
- Access
- Free to read
- Licence
- Copyright retained; citation only — the publisher’s terms apply to the original document
Original licence note
LBNL (contractor-operated DOE laboratory) resource; not US-Gov public domain. Cited only.
Citation
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2017). Data Center Air Management Estimator, Version 1.0 (2017). Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy. Version 1.0. https://datacenters.lbl.gov/resources/data-center-air-management-estimator
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