A US manufacturer of precision adiabatic pre-cooling technologies that enhance air-cooled condenser performance and operational reliability, Peak+, has launched the Peak+ CORE pre-cooling system.
This new system integrates directly into air-cooled chillers and other air-cooled equipment and supports factory installation.
Higher power densities in data centre campuses mean greater challenges for facility heat rejection, evidenced by increasingly common failing external CFDs.
The CORE system is specifically designed for high-temperature environments, where it is critical to suppress condenser entering air temperatures (CEAT) to the chiller system design temperature, or below, to avoid chiller performance derate.
As with all Peak+ adiabatic pre-cooling systems, CORE can achieve and maintain a specific targeted cooled dry bulb CEAT, enabling operators to minimise water use.
Peak+ CEO, Chris Curry, said data centres of all sizes are facing the same pressures: more heat, higher opportunity costs of misused energy, and increasing focus on water stewardship.
“The Peak+ CORE system is what the market has been asking for—factory-installable, precise, and robust adiabatic pre-cooling – whether that is a new construction project or an existing facility looking to upgrade,” Curry said.
The CORE system is designed to meet the needs of air-cooled chiller OEMs and data centre operators and can be installed at the OEM factory or at off-site pre-fab facilities, minimising on-site assembly and integration work.
The CORE frames, which are positioned directly in front of condenser coils on v-coil style air-cooled chillers and other air-cooled condensers and radiators, can also be field-installed on existing equipment.
The CORE system joins the Peak+ product line alongside Peak+’s existing external frame- based pre-cooling system, which will now be known as HALO.
Both HALO and CORE leverage Peak+’s unparalleled technical foundation and proprietary technologies, based on 300+ US installations, including dozens of data centres, and Peak+’s operational knowledge base with millions of real-world data points.
Peak+ systems enable customers to increase chiller peak cooling capacity by up to 40 per cent and reduce chiller compressor energy by up to 50 per cent.