FloVENT

The Asteros company offers services in 3D - to modeling and optimization of the systems of cold supply of DPC. Using the solution FloVENT, specialists of Asteros make project evaluation or the operating DPC and select the most effective operation mode and a method of arrangement of components of cooling systems and ventilation. The embodiment in life of these recommendations allow to reduce energy consumption, to increase system effectiveness of cold supply and to prolong equipment service life.

According to the experts, approximately in 40% of the operating DPCs conditioning systems are designed not optimum. Meanwhile, costs for withdrawal of excessive heat make from 30 to 50% of expenses on support of the engineering systems. Tough budgets and high cost of the electric power forces the companies to look for ways of creation of rational cooling systems and ventilation of DPC.

The Asteros company offers customers new type of service – conducting examination of the under construction or already operating DPCs for the purpose of check of working capacity and efficiency of conditioning systems. Using the customized application of FloVENT from Mentor Graphics company specialists of Asteros create a 3D model of the movement of air flows in DPC and calculate temperature condition in each point of the premises including in server racks. Changing arrangement and operation modes of separate components of infrastructure, they select an optimal configuration and arrangement of the equipment in DPC. Similar examination allows:

• reduce costs for the consumed electric power;
• lower a downtime and reduce number of the incidents caused by overheating of the equipment;
• simulate effects of accumulation of power of DPC, change of operation modes or location modes of active and spare equipment.

Complete inspection of an average by the sizes of DPC and development optimal the solution is executed in only 5 days.

Specialists of Asteros already executed assessment of a number of projects for VTB bank, MTS and other Russian companies.

"Visual modeling helps to define the optimal layout chart of the computing equipment and the engineering systems. As a result the efficiency of the expensive equipment increases and the term of its service lasts. Using the analysis and the subsequent optimization of system operation of cold supply the customer can reduce energy consumption on average by 5%. Even it means economy for the 100 KW small DPC more than 200 thousand rubles a year", – Alexey Karpov, the director of the department of the engineering systems of Asteros company claims.