Urbacon Data Center

Commercial Project

100% ventilation redundancy to prevent system down time

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COUNTRY
CAN

CITY
Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill location is the second Data Center project we have completed with Urbacon. The first one was supplied and installed in Montreal. The customer was extremely happy and wanted the same Swegon solution again. The ventilation system has 2 units installed to provide 100% ventilation redundancy; so that there is no system down time. The ventilation units are integrated with direct spray evaporative cooling and humidification to improve the effectiveness of the energy recovery and energy transfer from the server bays.

Challenges

Our Challenge was to provide 100% redundancy so there is no system down time. The units are supplying ventilation air to the servers and administration offices.

Solution

Two GOLD RX 30 units were installed side-by-side and connected to a common air distribution system. The unit controls were configured for a lead lag operation as required by the Building Management System (BMS). This control sequence allowed the units to run alternately to extend the life of the units and allowed the backup unit to be tested monthly. Unit and system maintenance along with filter changes can be done without affecting the system’s operation and reliability.

Result

The units were factory commissioned and their operation was coordinated and verified with the Building Management System (BMS) contractor and owner. The customer was once again happy with another Swegon installation.

Scope & Success

Swegon North America worked with DND Engineering in Montreal and Contractor Modern Niagara to complete this project for a Private Client. The ventilation units installed were integrated with direct spray evaporative cooling to improve efficiency of heat transfer from the servers.