Research facility Amersfoort, Netherlands
A $2M Research Facility with a Full 600Kw cell and IT Floor capable of simulating loads to 1000W/sq ft is maintained in Amersfoort the Netherlands. This is a low cost flight from the Americas and we are glad to help with logistics. A meeting area with viewing glass and full controls demonstration area completes this facility. This facility allows KyotoCooling to continue to evolve and tune our controls environment and serves as a demonstration facility for prospective clients. This facility is centrally located relative to existing reference sites in Amsterdam, Apeldoorn, Lelystad, Rotterdam and manufacturing operations in Germany.
Load banks in cabinets allow us to generate adhoc loads to 600kw. A standard demonstration
regime is to go from standing start and then add load in 150kw increments to 600kw over a
30 minute period on a single 600kw cell. The controls simply auto adapt to this load change.
Black Beauty is a one of a kind 100kW cabinet. This specially loaded cabinet is a conventional
chimney cabinet loaded with 5x20kw of heat sources. We created this cabinet to prove to the
world that there is no practical maximum to the amount of load that can be air cooled.
In practice we would recommend a chimney cabinet (as they exist today) as having a practical limit due to duct path to plenum of 30-40kw. However an enclosed hot aisle design effectively removes this boundary.
The cell is clearly visible through wall sized viewing windows and visitors are invited to
explore the cell directly feeling the temperature, air flow, taking measurements, opening and
inspecting all elements of the KyotoCell design.
The wheel is plainly visible in this picture, as is the DX compressor set (white at back).
The Wheel heat rejection is always a surprise no matter how senior or experienced the Engineer or Facility personnel. To be able to feel the plenum heat of 600kw load, then moving to the lower quadrant to witness the complete rejection to stated supply temperature with just 9 inches of aluminum turning slowly overhead always takes people back.
No demonstration is complete without the freedom to drive the system. Visitors find the interface simple and intuitive. A simple right click on a graphic object like a ventilator allows direct Hz control of the VFD. Of course visitors appreciate the opportunity to "pull the plug" on individual subsystems or the complete cell. So we do ride through tests, simulate failure conditions and do all the hard stuff under client direction. We have this freedom because we have the absolute knowledge that the Kyoto Controller will adapt as required.
