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What is Hot Aisle Containment?

Hot aisle containment is a layout system for computing equipment in data centres. The aim of this system is to conserve energy and decrease cooling costs by managing the air flow (not letting the hot and cold air mix) for optimum efficiency.

As engineering has progressed, there are ways hot aisle containment can be monitored through different applications that use specific products, such as variable fan drives (VFDs), to prevent cold air and hot air from combining.

Boiswood offer a range of perfect products that can be used within hot aisle containment systems. 

Choices can become overwhelming when selecting a valve for an instrumentation system. To name a few, there are; check valves, excess flow valves, needle valves, ball valves, relief valves, control valves, diaphragm and bellows valves. All of these are available in many configurations, materials, sizes and actuation types, making thousands of possible combinations.  

Have you matched the valve type to its function?

Matching the required function to the valve type is the vital first step in the safe selection process. It can be detrimental for systems and end users if the correct valve is not specified. For example, if a check valve is not installed downstream of a critical pressure regulator or control valve, a burst of back pressure could cause major damage to the equipment.

When monitoring critical environments, safety needs to be maintained. Whether it is in compounding pharmacies, cleanrooms or operating rooms there are always regulatory standards that need to be met.

Monitoring many environmental parameters is usually required, the most common examples of telemetry points are:
 

• Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)
• Carbon dioxide (CO2)
• Light levels
• Door status
• Air velocity
• Particulate count
• Temperature
• Relative humidity
• Differential pressure

In the 1800’s there was a disease called Cholera Pandemic, it was uncontrollable and no one, not even doctors could establish its origin. It killed over 23,000 people just in Britain.

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