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GAS
V-2
Electric Chimney
generator P-7 P-1 Cooling
Exaustion gas Tower
Air
Reheating GAS Return
V-13 water
Electric Exaustion gas Chiller
generator P-10 P-9 Chilled
Exaustion gas water
Air
Reheating GAS Chimney
V-15 Cooling
Electric Tower
generator P-12 P-13 Return
Exaustion gas water
Air
Reheating GAS Exaustion gas Chiller
V-17 Chilled
Electric water
generator P-17 P-16
Exaustion gas
Air Chimney
Reheating GAS Cooling
V-20 Tower
Electric Return
generator P-19 P-18 water
Exaustion gas
Air Exaustion gas Chiller
Reheating GAS Chilled
V-21 water
Electric
generator P-21 P-22
Exaustion gas
Air Figure 8. Cogeneration system with six mi-
Reheating croturbines and three absorption chillers.

of a large container ship, the Cap San Marco coordinating body of the main functions of
docked at Santos. This type of vessel carries computer and data communication at the
containers, including refrigerated / frozen University of São Paulo, also providing com-
,called reefers, that require electricity while puter services to the university community
remaining on ships as well as when they are of the USP. Figure 7 shows a picture of the
downloaded to the terminals on land. In that data center. Surveys and records electrical
case, they must be connected as fast as pos- equipment currently used in air condition-
sible, while providing operative power from ing and ventilation system were made from
the terminal. The application of cogeneration the center. The part of the field survey was
in data centers is a system that has more pos- conducted by IEE - USP. Several simulations
sibilities for deployment in Brazil. The energy were also performed to evaluate the instal-
consumption per square meter will be higher lation of cogeneration systems in CCE-USP.
because of the concentration of processing A schematic is shown in Fig. 8 consisting of
volume. The challenge of this new generation 6 microturbines of 65kWe and three absorp-
of data centers will be the pursuit of energy tion chillers of 66 TR each one. In this case,
efficiency. The project involved a survey car- we would still have plenty of energy of ~ 6%
ried out in ECC (Electronic Computing Center) compared to the peak demand of heat and
of the University of São Paulo. The Electronic only 5% compared to the thermal demand
Computer Center (ECC) of the USP involves currently installed. This research is part of a