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Heat Load Calculations For Server Room

This document provides instructions for calculating the heat load of a server room. It explains that the heat load is measured in BTUs or kilowatts and lists factors that contribute to the heat load, including the room area, windows, occupants, equipment, and lighting. It then provides specific formulas for calculating the BTUs from each factor and instructions to add them together to get the total heat load, which can be divided by 12,000 to determine the required cooling tonnage in tons. An example calculation is included.

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Heat Load Calculations For Server Room

This document provides instructions for calculating the heat load of a server room. It explains that the heat load is measured in BTUs or kilowatts and lists factors that contribute to the heat load, including the room area, windows, occupants, equipment, and lighting. It then provides specific formulas for calculating the BTUs from each factor and instructions to add them together to get the total heat load, which can be divided by 12,000 to determine the required cooling tonnage in tons. An example calculation is included.

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Calculating Server Room Heat

Loads
Calculating The Heat Load
The amount of heat generated is known as heat gain or heat load. Heat is
measured in either British Thermal Units (BTU) or Kilowatts (KW).
1 KW is equivalent to 3412 BTUs. 12000 BTU = 1 Ton of Cooling Capacity
Factors Include:
 The floor area of the room
 The size and position of windows, and whether they have blinds or shades
 The number of room occupants (if any)
 The heat generated by equipment
 The heat generated by lighting
To calculate the heat load you will need the following information.
 Room Area BTU = Length (m) x Width (m) x 337
o South Window BTU = South Facing window Length (m) x Width (m) x 870
o North Window BTU = North Facing windows Length (m) x Width (m) x 165
o If there are no blinds on the windows multiply the result(s) by 1.5.
o Windows BTU = South Window(s) BTU + North Window(s) BTU
o Total Occupant BTU = Number of occupants x 400
o Equipment BTU = Total wattage for all equipment x 3.5
o Lighting BTU = Total wattage for all lighting x 4.25
Total Cooling Required
Add all the BTUs together
Room Area BTU + Windows BTU + Total Occupant BTU + Equipment BTU
+ Lighting BTU = Total Heat Load
Total Heat Load divided by 12000 = Total Cooling Tonnage
For example if the calculated BTU = 16400 BTU then 16400/12000 = 1.36
Total Cooling tonnage required. Since the requirement is 1.36 Tons you
would consider using our SCT18, 1.5 Ton unit to cool your server room.

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