A large data
centre’s coolers have just been given valuable protection from contamination
through the fitment of RABScreen
air intake screens.
The Hibernia
Atlantic data centre is located on a one acre site on the north west coast at
Southport in Lancashire. It’s a remote
location surrounded by fields and the chiller cabinets would normally be
subject to local airborne debris in the form of seed, pollen, leaves and
insects. However, this quickly changed
when adjacent land was sold off for housebuilding development. The two-year development project has
massively increased the amount of airborne debris, not only from increased
traffic but also the dust from construction.
Paul
Hanstock Air Conditioning Ltd which installed the chiller cabinets and which
provides quarterly servicing recognised the potential contamination problem
and has specified RABScreen air intake screens as the solution to the problem.
RAB
Specialist Engineers Ltd surveyed the RABScreen filter media up to 15ft in length
to cover all sides of the three Daikin EWAQ520F-XL010 chiller cabinets. The screens were made with 32mm borders and
easily fitted onto the cabinets using stainless steel grommets.
site and subsequently supplied and
fitted large
Paul Hanstock, Managing Director of the air conditioning
company has been delighted with the installation, commenting, “We are really
happy with the way the installation went and the RABScreens will certainly
protect the coils and keep them contamination-free. From this experience, we are very likely to
use RABScreen on another site later in the year”. The RABScreens are
likely to reduce the maintenance requirements by the air conditioning company
every quarter and there should also be energy savings through the more
efficient running of the air conditioning system. Just 1mm of dirt can reduce efficiency by
21%.
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Manufactured
in the USA by Permatron, the RABScreen BHA air intake screen is a black engineered mesh, which is heavy duty and high
abrasion resistant. Incoming debris held
in place on the mesh is easily removed by vacuum, brush or washing during
regular maintenance.
Protecting the
data centre’s equipment from incoming debris with RABScreen external screens saves money by
extending the life of disposable filters and saves as much as 30% of input
energy on chiller coils. This together
with labour saved by reducing cleaning and chemical use, means that return on
investment can be less than six months.
RABScreen air intake
screens are ideal for air moving equipment fitted in industry, in food
processing factories, hospitals, hotels and retail, and in schools, colleges
and universities.
The RABScreen air intake
screens are made of a black high abrasion (BHA) specification comprising a
single layer of 9 x 9, 1000 denier multi polymer coated polyester mesh. Highly durable, rot and weather resistant, and
UV protected, the air intake screens are UL classified for flammability and
come with a ten-year UK warranty covering the media, grommets, final border and
stitching. The media has ripstop corners
that will not tear. There are numerous fixing methods to suit different
situations and these include fittings with studs, bolts, self-tapping screws,
magnetic strip, drop tab fittings, or by using a wrap-around technique with
Permatron bungee cords.
Further
information on RABScreen air intake screens is available on 01635 248633 by emailing info@RabScreen.com or
by visiting the company’s website at www.rabscreen.com
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