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REDUCE WATER USE AND INCREASE EFFICIENCY.
consultant, Mohit Loshali.
“In keeping with the growing innovation taking
place in air cooling technology, manufacturers are going all out to build products that utilize less resources and provide more output, while main- taining environmental stability,” Loshali said.
“These units along with other systems such as air handlers, fan-coil walls, in-row coolers, chip cooling, and rear-door heat exchangers can sig- nificantly improve efficiency levels.
“The main advantage of using this technology is that it will enable companies to build their data centres in regions with a predominantly hot and humid climate.”
In his latest research report released last month, Loshali said this technology will en- hance data centre design flexibility because it means using less space for more cooling.
At the same time, manufacturers are utilizing innovative materials to build coolers.
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“Innovation is taking the air cooling sector by storm,” Loshali said.
“For example, one of the newest types of evaporative air coolers recently introduced in the market is made of conical tubes of clay in- stalled in a honeycomb design to add to the ar- tistic effect.
“These clay tubes reduce the ambient tem- perature and are an energy efficient, low-tech, and aesthetic solution that incorporates evapo- rative cooling.
“The size and shape of these evaporative air coolers manufactured with terra-cotta conical tubes has been determined using advanced computational analytic models and the latest techniques in calibration.
“This innovation can potentially redefine the air cooling technology landscape and augment a building’s energy efficiency levels.”
Loshali said another innovation being wit- nessed in the air coolers market is the use of structures designed in cloud shapes to cool the temperature in areas where they are installed.
“These cloud evaporative air coolers are a low- energy alternative to traditional air condition- ers,” he said. “Evaporation of water could possi-
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