Solving Hybrid Data Centre Thermal Management Challenges with Flownex

This webinar focuses on how engineers can better understand and solve cooling challenges in modern data centres. As power densities rise and systems become more complex, maintaining stable temperatures during normal and abnormal conditions is difficult. The session explains how engineers can use Flownex to analyse both steady-state and transient cooling behaviour, find causes of temperature fluctuations, and test different design and control strategies before any physical changes are made. This helps improve reliability, reduce risk during commissioning, and ensure systems can handle sudden load or power changes with confidence.

1. What challenge does the webinar address? It addresses the difficulty of maintaining effective cooling as data centres increase in power density and complexity.
2. What can Flownex model in a data centre cooling system? Flownex simulates the complete thermal and hydraulic behaviour of a data centre cooling system, covering chillers, pumps, piping, valves, heat exchangers, and control systems for both air and liquid circuits, enabling engineers to analyse how all components interact under steady-state and transient conditions.
3. How does Flownex help with hydraulic analysis of chilled water piping? Flownex predicts flow distribution and pressure drops in complex piping networks and allows engineers to import Revit models directly, revealing flow imbalances or bottlenecks early in the design process.
4. Why is transient thermal analysis important? It helps predict how cooling systems respond to sudden load changes or power interruptions, ensuring reliability, uptime, and compliance with strict SLAs.
5. What is the purpose of simulating thermal ride-through events? To ensure temperatures, such as chilled water supply and cold air, remain within safe limits during power interruptions and rapid recovery, preventing equipment stress or downtime.